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Jim Ward
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| Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 6:02 pm
Post subject: [OT] flummery |
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Something to mull over while you enjoy your morning oatmeal ...
flummery comes from the Welsh llymru, soft jelly from sour oatmeal.
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Jim Ward
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| Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 6:00 am
Post subject: Re: [OT] flummery |
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| flummox is 'origin unknown'. This sounds like flummery. |
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Jacqui
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| Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 2:29 pm
Post subject: Re: [OT] flummery |
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Jim Ward wibbled
| Quote: | flummox is 'origin unknown'. This sounds like flummery.
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I can't see the original post except via Google, but if flummery is a
jelly, then Wurzel-flummery* must be a root vegetable jelly. Mmm,
tasty...
*Do you need the explanation or is this one well-known?
Jac
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Donna Richoux
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| Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2004 6:01 pm
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Jacqui <sirlawrenceoblivion@hotmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Jim Ward wibbled
flummox is 'origin unknown'. This sounds like flummery.
I can't see the original post except via Google, but if flummery is a
jelly, then Wurzel-flummery* must be a root vegetable jelly. Mmm,
tasty...
*Do you need the explanation or is this one well-known?
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CRAWSHAW. This letter has just come by hand. (He reads it) "199,
Lincoln's Inn Fields. Dear Sir, I have pleasure to inform you that
under the will of the late Mr. Antony Clifton you are a beneficiary
to the extent of L50,000."
MARGARET. Robert!
CRAWSHAW. Wait! "A trifling condition is attached--namely, that you
should take the name of--Wurzel-Flummery."
I'm afraid that the only works of A.A. Milne that are *well* known in
the US are the Pooh stories and Christopher Robin poems. Even Milne's
lovely little comic fairy-tale "Once on a Time" is long vanished. (But
in its place are three million Pooh-related products.)
"Wurzel," says M-W, is short for "mangel-wurzel," a sort of beet. And
"flummery" is:
1 a : a soft jelly or porridge made with flour or
meal b : any of several sweet desserts
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Best -- Donna Richoux |
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