tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6857151838275945473.post8623136977755604961..comments2023-10-05T14:04:16.499-04:00Comments on Ghosts of 1914: Teatime in the TrenchesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6857151838275945473.post-55884709122537885272012-09-26T20:29:42.839-04:002012-09-26T20:29:42.839-04:00Tea would have had a greater psychological value t...Tea would have had a greater psychological value than culinary I imagine. One little drop of normality in a world that had gone mad. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6857151838275945473.post-77531604880177521042011-10-27T21:45:15.225-04:002011-10-27T21:45:15.225-04:00Thank you, Vinoo Mamoo!! I do think it's inter...Thank you, Vinoo Mamoo!! I do think it's interesting thinking of these two words. I was rolling the term "tabloids" around quite a bit in my mind today. And "canteen" must have an interesting history too. <br /><br />FiBrightstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14410494245020485728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6857151838275945473.post-62811333234371392662011-10-27T18:35:28.824-04:002011-10-27T18:35:28.824-04:00Great stuff, by Jove!
Being strangely fascinated b...Great stuff, by Jove!<br />Being strangely fascinated by words and their evolution, I got to thinking about two that are in your post: 1) Canteen, which still (in certain parts of the world) means an institutional cafe, such as in a dormitory, and 2) tabloid - I wonder about the literary dots that might connect tea tabloids to tabloid newspapers?<br /><br />Anyway, keep up the good work there!<br />Vinoo Mamooimmaculatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06777240386510259167noreply@blogger.com