SC - Period Cookbook

[Cindy Renfrow]

Corwin wrote:

I'd bet on it meaning something like baby ... although it's more common to
see it as bebe. The Bimbo baked goods I remember seeing had a little bear
printed on the wrapper.
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It might be little bear but that is unlikely as Bear in Spanish is oso.  It
could be a slang term for teddy bear or something.

While trying to check it out I found the most interesting web site.  They
have translation dictionaries and offer translation courses online for free.

http://rivendel.com/~ric/resources/dictionary.html

And while I was there I learned that there are three wordsin Spanish for
tablespoon.  Wow you learn something new everyday.

Unfortunately i learned of nothing that Bimbo stood for.  Maybe it is a
family name or a slang term which wasn't listed.

Murkial

BTW there is a catalan dictionary and learning site if anyone is interested.

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
[mailto:owner-sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG]On Behalf Of CorwynWdwd at aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 5:23 AM
To: sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
Subject: SC - Re: SC - Buñuelos_(recipe)


In a message dated 12/7/1999 6:58:24 AM Eastern Standard Time, troy at asan.com
writes:

> Good point. But bimbo didn't mean, in English, what it currently does
>  until perhaps 25 years ago.

According to the dictionary, it meant a thick headed person as early as
1919,
but I haven't accessed the OED yet. Maybe they weren't referring to a blonde
female thick headed person then, but...

>What it might mean in Spanish I wouldn't want to bet on.

I'd bet on it meaning something like baby ... although it's more common to
see it as bebe. The Bimbo baked goods I remember seeing had a little bear
printed on the wrapper.

> But the image of the baker getting long blonde hair caught in the car door
is an
> arresting one...

That might explain the long blonde hair in my bagel.... ;-)

Corwyn
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