[Sca-cooks] What is the difference between a pie and a tart?
Terry Decker
t.d.decker at att.net
Fri Nov 28 19:36:24 PST 2014
Out of period. Tart is generally considered a shortened version of
sweetheart probably from some of the London slangs. For example, sweetheart
is treacle tart in Cockney rhyming slang. Most of these have their origins
in the 19th Century largely replacing the Elizabethan thieves cant. And
coffee in London is a 17th Century import. Only pie meets the age criteria,
showing up in English around 1000 CE.
Bear
You take a tart out on a date for pie and coffee.
Aeddie the Lurker
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