MARK !
The erudition on this list always makes me smile.
Kenneth Waller
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Derby Chang" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: GESO - Future food, future wine
Bob W wrote:
Yep, it's a themed wine and food degustation menu, looks
more than
interesting.
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You forced me to look that word up. :-P
Leave it to Rob to use a word that is marked "Rare" in the
dictionary.. \smile on/\smile off/
I had to look it up too. Good one Rob!
I suspect it's only rare in the USA. It's very common in
Europe. And
especially common in France for some reason. Probably
something to do
with it being their language and their food and wine.
"Degustation" is common terminology in New York rstautants. I believe
there's even an establishment that goes by that name. I believe it has
its roots in Latin.
Paul
Indeed, although the word itself is French, which we have borrowed. But
we
see the same root word in 'disgust', 'gustatory'. We also have the Latin
phrase 'de gustibus non est disputandum', meaning 'there's no accounting
for
taste'. There's also 'gusto' from Spanish - 'we ate the spaniel with
gusto!'.
The word apparently has its roots in proto-Indo-European and has come
down
the Germanic branches in words like 'choose'.
Bob
The erudition on this list always makes me smile.
Thanks to everyone who commented. And, indeed, we were so very fully
degusted, we couldn't have eaten one more spaniel.
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