[BITList] Fwd: A.Word.A.Day--spurtle
John Feltham
wulguru.wantok at gmail.com
Fri Nov 6 10:38:54 GMT 2009
G'day Hugh,
I do so hope that you haven't misplaced your spurtle.
ooroo
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From: "Wordsmith" <wsmith at wordsmith.org>
Date: 6 November 2009 3:24:39 PM AEST
To: wulguru.wantok at Gmail.com
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--spurtle
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There's a word for it
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spurtle
Spurtle
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spurtle
PRONUNCIATION:
(SPUR-tl)
MEANING:
noun: A wooden stick for stirring porridge.
ETYMOLOGY:
Of uncertain origin, perhaps from Latin spatula, or from sprit (a pole
to extend a sail on a ship).
NOTES:
There's a word for everything. And there's a contest for everything.
There is one for making porridge, grandly named, The Golden Spurtle
World Porridge Making Championship, held annually in Scotland.
USAGE:
"I know hardly anyone who eats anything much in the morning. ... No
one yet has owned up to stirring porridge with a spurtle, pouring milk
over blocks of desiccated wheat, or even blasting a banana to a pulp
in the blender.
Nigel Slater; Oat Cuisine; The Observer (London, UK); May 19, 2002.
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ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it. -
Agatha Christie, author (1890-1976)
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