[Sca-cooks] candy and hostages

[Kathleen A Roberts]

On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 11:58:31 -0400
  "Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius" 
<adamantius.magister at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> But in general, the word "hostage" has its roots in the 
>word "host",  
> and it didn't have quite the same high-stress and 
>terrifyingly brutal  
> connotation that it has had more recently.

thanks for the great explanation. i think fostering is 
more what folks today might compare it to?  the idea of 
switching offspring to keep everyone on good terms.

given the fact that the dictionary i checked did not get 
into the 'gentler' definition, i guess that premise has 
gone out of style.

and wouldn't ya know i forgot to look up that 
honey/milk/butter thing last night.  duh!!!!

cailte
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