SNAIL BUTTER [was Re: Re: Is Snail Salad a"regionalism" (or even a word?)]

[Thomas M. Paikeday]

Good question. "Snail salad" could be a genuine compound word like "snail
butter" (Joy of Cooking).

TOM
www.paikeday.net


----- Original Message -----
From: "Baker, John" <JMB at STRADLEY.COM>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: Is Snail Salad a"regionalism" (or even a word?)


>         Does "snail salad" refer generally to any salad containing snails,
or does it refer specifically to only one specific kind of salad with
snails?  (I've never encountered the term, so cannot say.)  If the latter,
it seems to me that it has a much better claim than "committee chairperson"
to being a genuine compound word.
>
> John Baker