On 3/27/2013 5:55 PM, sf wrote:
> > wrote:
>> On 3/27/2013 2:22 PM, sf wrote:
>>> > wrote:
>>>> On 3/27/2013 12:25 PM, sf wrote:
>>>>> jmcquown > wrote:
>>>>>> Try asking at a grocery store for recommendations on wine
>>>>>> or champagne for a sauce. You'll get blank looks.
>>>>>
>>>>> You're probably asking tea tollers,
>>>>
>>>> I had to read that out loud, before I realised what you meant. I've
>>>> never seen that spelling before - is it common in California?
>>>>
>>> To be perfectly honest, I never know how to spell it and spellcheck
>>> didn't kick it back to me so I figured I wasn't very far off. How do
>>> you spell it anyway?
>>>
>> All one word - teetotaller (I've also seen it with only one 'l') -
>> "T-totally abstinent".
>
> Teatotaller? Huh. I've never heard "total" in it. Thanks.
>
No, not 'tea' - it's 'tee', emphasizing the first letter of the word
'total', rather than having anything to do with 'tea', the beverage.
Although those who 'took the pledge' and became teetotallers, would
likely be tea-drinkers...