Pat "Pease" as still used to describe "pease pudding", a mushy concoction of mainly peas to be found sometimes in "fish and chip" restaurants in the North of England.
Incidentally it is pronounced in the same way as "peace" so it doesn't sound the same as "peas". Chris Mason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick O'Keefe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 18 December, 2006 9:33 PM Subject: Re: Plurals and language confusion > On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 13:01:05 -0700, Howard Brazee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >... > Words change over time. There used to be a legume called the "pease" in > English. But that sounded plural so people started using as such. And > a word means what people think it means, so that legume is now the "pea". > ... > >... > ... > > Pat O'Keefe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
