TANSTAAFL (was: Today's New York Times)

[Peter A. McGraw]

Yes, this family suffered dismemberment during the reign of Peter the
Grate--hence the name.

--On Thu, Feb 1, 2001 3:31 PM +0800 Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
wrote:

>  the Stroganoff family took its name, which means "grated", from an
>> ancestor who suffered the fate of being cut up into pieces for some
>> misdeed



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                               Peter A. McGraw
                   Linfield College   *   McMinnville, OR
                            pmcgraw at linfield.edu