Re: Interesting Words

on 05/11/01 07:12, Muke Tever (alrivera@ALUMNI.SOUTHERN.EDU) wrote:

> I like the "English words for mud" answer,
> http://www.ucle.org/aue/ucle/ucle9.html
Humus is not mud.

Humus is something you get in Greek & Lebanese restaurants that tastes like
sand mixed in wheat paste.

Actually, as I understand it, humus refers specifically to decaying plant
material. Rather like compost. Both of which are distinct from "mud" (i.e.
wet dirt).

And sludge too; sludge refers only to industrial waste, never to wet dirt.

Clay isn't mud either.

Gumbo is cooked in a pot and served over rice. It has nothing to do with
mud.

Quicksand too is distinct from mud. You can't make mud out of sand. You just
get wet sand.


andy.
adchaney@louisiana.edu

PS -  I think I may have just proven your point...

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