I've got a reference to a friar (no pun intended) in the 1500's using the term "long pig".
On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Ian Skinner <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 4/28/2011 11:56 AM, Michael Dinowitz wrote: > > For those more anthropological in mindset, longpork was the term used for > > white missionaries who were eaten by cannibals a few centuries ago. > > I don't know which came first, but I have also heard the long pork > euphemism in documentaries about sailors from the 18th and 19th century > that resorted to cannibalism when shipwrecked and|or stranded at sea. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:337124 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
