Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!ron From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie ) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: english "horns", etc. Message-ID: <10624@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Mon, 13-May-85 15:05:34 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.10624 Posted: Mon May 13 15:05:34 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 16-May-85 02:49:30 EDT References: <473@utai.UUCP> <713@gloria.UUCP> <10474@brl-tgr.ARPA> <1018@ihuxb.UUCP> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 17 > > > > > I'm surprised you omitted "Welsh rabbit!" > > > > With Cheese! > > > > -Ron > > OK, my curiousity is piqued. Where I came from this delicacy (?) is called > Welsh rarebit. I know what it is, but where does the name come from? > My dictionary says "probably of jocular origin". > -- > There is an Laurel and Hardy piece where they go into a restaurant and Oliver says something like "we'll have the welsh rabbit" and Stan adds "with cheese." -Ron