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Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Learn Something New Everyday

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CC is listening to: Tansy Land--Jim Chappell (Coming Through)

While I was researching the definitions of some food terms (yes, it's work-related :-)), I came across something really interesting. You know how people talk about giving someone his/her "just deserts?"

I always thought it was spelled "just desserts," with two s's. It couldn't very well be with one s, because that would mean desert (as in Gobi, Sahara--you know what I mean).

Apparently it *is* just one s, but not for that reason.
"This sense of "desert" comes from another French word, "deservir," meaning "to deserve." The phrase "just deserts," meaning "what one deserves, the appropriate reward" (from www.word-detective.com)
I know, I know--like anyone cares :-).

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