Sausages (was: The Chant on the Dog's Grave)

Pavel A. da Mek wrote:


> How are the words "underfed" and "head" pronounced?
> ['woz ,and@'fi:d] does not fit with ['in T@ 'hed].
"Underfed" is [Vnd@(R)fEd].

> "jitrnice" Engl. pudding, white pudding, (plain hash-and-crumbs) sausage,
>    Fr. andouille, boudin
>    Sp. longaniza
>    It. salsiccia di fegato
This sense of "pudding" is archaic, at least in my version of English.
Ditto the use of "pudding" for "black pudding", and even "black pudding"
is a little unusual.  "Pudding" now primarily refers to a soft dessert.

> "klobása" Engl. sausage, meat-sausage
"Kielbasa" is also a known word in English, though I do not know
which Slavic lg. it comes from.

> "salám" Engl. salame, salami, sausage
"Salami" is applied fairly specifically to Italian salamis
(sg. "salami", pl. "salamis" in English) such as Genoa salami.

Lots of these German terms are fairly well-known too.  I ask my
Ukrainian butcher for Weisswurst, and he gives me the right thing.

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