LL-L "Etymology" 2005.10.07 (08) [E]

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07 October 2005 * Volume 08
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From: Ben J. Bloomgren <Ben.Bloomgren at asu.edu>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2005.10.07 (04) [E]

"The Everlasting Jub-Jub"

Sandy and all, is this the origin of the jujube (joo-joo-bee)? I hear that
word when someone talks about the movies. "after you spend fifty bucks on
popcorn and jujubes..."
Ben

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Etymology

Ben,

I've made this mental connection with jujubes also.

But genuine jujubes are a type of berries (actually drupes, _Zizyphus_). I 
assume that the candy was called after them.

> "The Everlasting Jub-Jub"

When I was a kid (eons ago) we had a really hard type of candy, going almost 
in the direction of the American jawbreaker, called _Dauerlutscher_ 
("lasting sucker") in German.  Some people call all types of hard candy by 
that name.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron 

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