tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post2025759377098043136..comments2024-03-21T07:37:30.475-04:00Comments on Light reading: "A spoonful a day"Jenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-66900476065306293322011-01-14T16:54:37.717-05:002011-01-14T16:54:37.717-05:00I have no good answer for that, but after ponderin...I have no good answer for that, but after pondering OED entries, it certainly seems possible: the underlying root for marmalade goes back to the word for honey. Ask someone who knows Old English, though!Jenny Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-27250107730537334542011-01-13T13:07:21.449-05:002011-01-13T13:07:21.449-05:00Do you happen to know whether "smarm" (O...Do you happen to know whether "smarm" (OED etym. obscure) has anything to do with marmalade (OED etym. quince-ade)? (I assume Marmite had one or the other in mind.) Not that it should, it is a perfectly good bit of onomatopoeia...Zedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10623092831367861959noreply@blogger.com