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This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5F0F0.5C93BB10 Content-Type: text/plain And another one. Now I really must go and do some work Finally, the slangy scarf meaning 'to eat, esp. greedily' (often used with down or up). This is first recorded in the 1930s, though the form scorf is found in the 1860s. Scarf is a variant of the earlier scoff, itself a slang word for 'to eat greedily' in use since the 1840s. Presumably the r was added by speakers of rhotic dialects who thought that scoff actually represented scorf with the r supressed by speakers of non-rhotic dialects. The form scoff is itself a variation of scaff, a dialect word used in several food-related senses that dates from the sixteenth century; it is of obscure origin. -----Original Message----- From: Jakob Whitfield [mailto:jakob.whitfield@xxxxx.xxx] Sent: 24 November 2005 11:37 To: london.food@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx Subject: Re: [london.food] Escoffier Ivor pondered: > I wonder if Escoffier is the etymological root of the verb to scoff? Just checked my SOED, and their earliest citation is 1849. It seems to be related to the dialect 'scaff', which isn't in my dictionary. Anyone have access to OED online to check that meaning? Pity, though - it'd be a great etymology. -Jakob -- "There are three principal ways to lose money: wine, women, and engineers. While the first two are more pleasant, the third is by far the more certain."--Baron Rothschild, ca. 1800 I am jakob dot whitfield at gmail dot com ************************************************************************* The contents of the e-mail and any transmitted files are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Transport for London Street Management hereby excludes any warranty and any liability as to the quality or accuracy of the contents of this e-mail and any attached transmitted files. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this e-mail in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify postmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. ************************************************************************* ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5F0F0.5C93BB10 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.5.2653.12"> <TITLE>RE: [london.food] Escoffier</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>And another one.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Now I really must go and do some work</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Finally, the slangy scarf meaning 'to eat, esp. = greedily' (often used with down or up). This is first recorded in the = 1930s, though the form scorf is found in the 1860s. Scarf is a variant = of the earlier scoff, itself a slang word for 'to eat greedily' in use = since the 1840s. Presumably the r was added by speakers of rhotic = dialects who thought that scoff actually represented scorf with the r = supressed by speakers of non-rhotic dialects. The form scoff is itself = a variation of scaff, a dialect word used in several food-related = senses that dates from the sixteenth century; it is of obscure origin. = </FONT></P> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: Jakob Whitfield [<A = HREF=3D"mailto:jakob.whitfield@xxxxx.xxx">mailto:jakob.whitfield@xxxxx.x= om</A>] </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: 24 November 2005 11:37</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To: london.food@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: Re: [london.food] Escoffier</FONT> </P> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Ivor pondered:</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>> I wonder if Escoffier is the etymological root = of the verb to scoff?</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Just checked my SOED, and their earliest citation is = 1849. It seems to be related to the dialect 'scaff', which isn't in my = dictionary. Anyone have access to OED online to check that = meaning?</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Pity, though - it'd be a great etymology.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-Jakob</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>--</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>"There are three principal ways to lose money: = wine, women, and engineers. While the first two are more pleasant, the = third is by far the more certain."--Baron Rothschild, ca. 1800 I = am jakob dot whitfield at gmail dot com</FONT></P> <P><FONT = SIZE=3D2>***************************************************************= ********** </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>The contents of the e-mail and any transmitted files = are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or = entity to whom they are addressed. 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