That's brilliant! Thank you. It's so strange to have a random word unpack some of your family history. 'We' obviously travelled. And we ate well while we did it. I wouldn't doubt that. Everyone in my family loves food.
There is a paternal grandfather who spread his seed and then sprinted back to the USA.
Not that I'm gossiping.
T
But it was my maternal grandmother that gave me 'sevish'
And a very British family that doesn't talk about anything apart from the price of grapes at the co-op.-------------------------------------------------------------- [log in to unmask] http://www.fatmandancing.co.uk http://www.myspace.com/fat_man_dancing > Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:43:33 -0500> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Word Query> To: [log in to unmask]> > Related to ceviche?> > At 04:42 PM 11/23/2008, you wrote:> >Thank you very much, Cassandra. I was beginning to think that I had > >learned a mispronunciation but it makes more sense now. I can think > >of several members of my family who were in the merchant navy that > >might have picked up this term.> >> >Tina-------------------------------------------------------------- > >[log in to unmask] http://www.fatmandancing.co.uk > >http://www.myspace.com/fat_man_dancing > Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 > >17:31:39 -0800> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Word > >Query> To: [log in to unmask]> > When I lived on a boat we > >always used the term "off the sevish side" for> directions.> > > >Sevish meaning "rotting fish" and the sevish side being the side > >down> current (which would change) that the chum was thrown off.
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