Ah! Gotcha. V. tricky, I wouldn't have thought of that (clearly!).. Thank you!
It's funny how words move back and forth... in the SCA, people want to use the word "remove" to indicate a course at dinner, because it feels older, but it turns out that the word "remove" in that context is a Victorian innovation, and when medieval people wanted to indicate the bringing on of a dish during a feast they used the word...
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Re: I had a real difficulty picking this particular one out...
Date: 2011-02-12 01:11 am (UTC)Ah! Gotcha. V. tricky, I wouldn't have thought of that (clearly!).. Thank you!
It's funny how words move back and forth... in the SCA, people want to use the word "remove" to indicate a course at dinner, because it feels older, but it turns out that the word "remove" in that context is a Victorian innovation, and when medieval people wanted to indicate the bringing on of a dish during a feast they used the word...
"course." :)
Thanks muchly..