Re: spoons

Does it matter as long as it does the job it was designed for ?


"Steve Wertz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On 5 Nov 2003 05:34:12 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (zoe) wrote:
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> >I've never had that problem either.
>
> Had what problem?
>
> >Does anyone know where the word spoon came from?
>
> It probably came from "spork".  Since the spoon only has one use, they
> cut the word spork in half and added "one" to the end, dropping the E
> since it would be redundant due to the double oo's.
>
> -sw