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  1. Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!ficc!peter
  3. From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva)
  4. Subject: Re: Origin of "curried"
  5. Message-ID: <id._HRS.HNK@ferranti.com>
  6. Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
  7. References: <1992Aug26.184302.17123@dg-rtp.dg.com> <1992Aug27.160259.15445@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk>
  8. Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 18:45:22 GMT
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  11. In article <1992Aug27.160259.15445@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk> jack@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin) writes:
  12. >                   I've always thought the culinary analogy ought to be
  13. > "schongefilte" instead - Schonfinkel invented the idea, not Curry, and
  14. > the word suggests removing something rather than, like "currying", adding
  15. > extra ingredients.
  16.  
  17. I've always thought of it like currying a horse, not currying a meal.
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