tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post7984349712263209279..comments2024-02-20T08:25:06.177-08:00Comments on Confessions of ignorance: cucumbersomeseana grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-1590959029304024832011-10-09T20:05:14.470-07:002011-10-09T20:05:14.470-07:00P.G. Wodehouse is more to my taste than cucumber s...P.G. Wodehouse is more to my taste than cucumber sandwiches as well. Although it <i>is</i> one of the more palatable ways to serve them. I associate cucumber sandwiches with little tea parties she used to give us as kids.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-80635542330205139762011-10-09T15:33:57.940-07:002011-10-09T15:33:57.940-07:00Seana
You forgot the cucumber sandwiches which ar...Seana<br /><br />You forgot the cucumber sandwiches which are a staple of your beloved Henry James and - more to my taste - PG Wodehouse.adrian mckintyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349942973907386269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-84754936085394181552011-10-08T18:36:06.053-07:002011-10-08T18:36:06.053-07:00Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of.Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-78597567471912856942011-10-08T14:09:18.304-07:002011-10-08T14:09:18.304-07:00But just think of the marvelous opportunities for ...But just think of the marvelous opportunities for wordplay that <i>cumin</i> would afford.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-27559501903901146392011-10-07T14:04:08.188-07:002011-10-07T14:04:08.188-07:00Cumin? Oh, man. I'm not sure I'm up tracki...Cumin? Oh, man. I'm not sure I'm up tracking down food families...seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-29953244646311967652011-10-07T14:02:26.373-07:002011-10-07T14:02:26.373-07:00Sorry to leave out the Dutch! Kwamkwammer reminds ...Sorry to leave out the Dutch! Kwamkwammer reminds me of Joyce, particularly because we finished a section that ends quoiquoiquoiquoi quoiquoiquoiq!seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-75729779849713172412011-10-07T13:47:38.215-07:002011-10-07T13:47:38.215-07:00Cucumerem? No relation to cumin. I suppose?
=====...Cucumerem? No relation to <i>cumin</i>. I suppose?<br /> ======================<br />Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-56777638897089014182011-10-07T13:44:53.919-07:002011-10-07T13:44:53.919-07:00That African horned cucumber is one scary vegetabl...That African horned cucumber is one scary vegetable.<br /><br /> The Dutch word for <i>cucumber</i>, by the way, is <i>komkommer</i>. <i>Kom</i> is also the first-person present indicative of the verb <i>to come</i>, and the past tense of <i>kom</i> is <i>kwam</i>. So a Dutch joke asks “What’s the past tense of cucumber (komkommer)?” and the answer is “kwamkwammer.”<br /> ======================<br />Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.com