On Aug 26, 2004, at 12:24 PM, James Bailey wrote:
See, that would be interesting. I'd love to know how that came about. My
new favourite is tawdry.
My longtime favorite is marzipan, mangled from the Arabic for "a seated king," whence the name of a N. African mediaeval coin showing a king on a box-like throne, from wh. it came (in Italy) to designate a box containing anything valuable--such as these nifty almond candies here--and then of course it became the name of the candy. Now *that's* a long, strange trip.
Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music Press http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/
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