Ive never had that problem either. Does anyone know where the word spoon came from?
zoe

"zoe" > wrote in message
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Does anyone know where the word spoon came from?

My dictionary says from "spon", Old English for a chip of wood.

On 5 Nov 2003 05:34:12 -0800, (zoe) wrote:

>I've never had that problem either.

Had what problem?

>Does anyone know where the word spoon came from?

It probably came from "spork". Since the spoon only has one use, they
cut the word spork in half and added "one" to the end, dropping the E
since it would be redundant due to the double oo's.

-sw

On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 13:57:08 -0600, Steve Wertz > wrote:
>On 5 Nov 2003 05:34:12 -0800, (zoe) wrote:

>>I've never had that problem either.

>Had what problem?

>>Does anyone know where the word spoon came from?

>It probably came from "spork".
doubtfull considering that the word "spork" has been around for less than
50 years.

On 06 Nov 2003 02:25:33 GMT, TCS
> wrote:

>On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 13:57:08 -0600, Steve Wertz > wrote:
>>On 5 Nov 2003 05:34:12 -0800, (zoe) wrote:
>
>>>I've never had that problem either.
>
>>Had what problem?
>
>>>Does anyone know where the word spoon came from?
>
>>It probably came from "spork".
>doubtfull considering that the word "spork" has been around for less than
>50 years.

It's been around longer than that; It was a WWI utensil. But that is
beside the point that my post was sarcasm and bad humor.

-sw

Does it matter as long as it does the job it was designed for ?


"Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
...
> On 5 Nov 2003 05:34:12 -0800, (zoe) wrote:
>
> >I've never had that problem either.
>
> Had what problem?
>
> >Does anyone know where the word spoon came from?
>
> It probably came from "spork". Since the spoon only has one use, they
> cut the word spork in half and added "one" to the end, dropping the E
> since it would be redundant due to the double oo's.
>
> -sw

On Sun, 9 Nov 2003 20:07:02 -0000, "George J Bateman"
> wrote:

>Does it matter as long as it does the job it was designed for ?

Anybody know the equivelent UK/English term for "Must be that time of
the month" would be?

Sometimes people are just curious. It's a fundamental human process.

-sw

To me, that restaurant owner who was too cheap to wash "extra"
teaspoons is someone whom I would not wish to patronize. makes me
wonder on what else is he skimping.

What is worse, in my mind, is when the waitress is taking away the
salad plate and tells me to "keep your fork." Bad enough they don't
have the appropriate utensils for each course, but now you expect me
to set a dirty fork down on the bare table until the next plate
arrives? And use the fork coated with salad dressing on perhaps a
more delicate food in the main course, and again for dessert? What
next? Will they serve my main course, and then the dessert, on the
same plate that formerly held the salad? Will the dessert ice cream
come in the old soup bowl?

I stopped going to one restaurant after a few consistent episodes --
the napkin rolled around two implements. one day I m,ight have a
steak knife and dinner fork, to use on my salad and to butter a roll
(if they remembered the bread). Another day it might be a salad fork
and dull table knife, which wouldn't work on the steak, which
incidentally was served first because they forgot the salad.
Third visit, the check was presented with no mention of dessert choice
(included in the meal). Maybe these are sneaky ways, also, of cutting
corners to save money.

Restaurant people: Get a clue!