Comments on: rere sopers http://onepeppercorn.com/2009/09/rere-sopers/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:58:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rare “rere” rears its head in Ireland « Sentence first http://onepeppercorn.com/2009/09/rere-sopers/comment-page-1/#comment-376 Rare “rere” rears its head in Ireland « Sentence first Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:16:36 +0000 http://onepeppercorn.com/?p=27#comment-376 [...] (2) If you happen to be reading this over a midnight feast — rare meat and eggs, perhaps — you could name your meal a rere-supper, a now-archaic term for a (usually sumptuous) late supper. I must warn you, though, that this practice is inadvisable not just for mogwai but for people too. Dear readers, beware of rere sopers! [...] [...] (2) If you happen to be reading this over a midnight feast — rare meat and eggs, perhaps — you could name your meal a rere-supper, a now-archaic term for a (usually sumptuous) late supper. I must warn you, though, that this practice is inadvisable not just for mogwai but for people too. Dear readers, beware of rere sopers! [...]

]]> By: sworthen http://onepeppercorn.com/2009/09/rere-sopers/comment-page-1/#comment-10 sworthen Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:48:50 +0000 http://onepeppercorn.com/?p=27#comment-10 Yes, it's cognate with "rear". I don't suppose it helps you to think of "reredos", which is still used, i.e. a wall decoration behind (in back of) an altar. I didn't know the late night blue cheese = nightmares association. Intriguing! Yes, it’s cognate with “rear”. I don’t suppose it helps you to think of “reredos”, which is still used, i.e. a wall decoration behind (in back of) an altar.

I didn’t know the late night blue cheese = nightmares association. Intriguing!

]]> By: Charlie Butler http://onepeppercorn.com/2009/09/rere-sopers/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Charlie Butler Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:56:51 +0000 http://onepeppercorn.com/?p=27#comment-9 Interesting: I've never come across "rere". Is it cognate with "rear"? You've also got me wondering when the idea of eating cheese - and specifically blue cheese - late at night became associated with nightmares? Interesting: I’ve never come across “rere”. Is it cognate with “rear”? You’ve also got me wondering when the idea of eating cheese – and specifically blue cheese – late at night became associated with nightmares?

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