"barbecue pit"

[Benjamin Barrett]

I should have mentioned that first, which was a real eye-opener for
me. I just intended Google Images as an additional resource. BB

On Aug 11, 2008, at 6:02 PM, Mark Mandel wrote:

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> Did my posting of yesterday get lost? See below the quotes.
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> On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 8:17 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com
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>> I agree. Looking at Google images for both "barbecue pit" and
>> "barbeque pit" brings up top items such as grills that are not holes
>> in the ground, though. BB
>>
>> On Aug 11, 2008, at 5:13 PM, Bill Le May wrote:
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>>> Nothing I associate with 'barbecue pit' in its various
>>> interpretations seems like it could be easily picked up and
>>> wielded like a weapon. I
>>> wonder if the speaker meant 'barbecue spit', which could be a
>>> formidable club or
>>> spear.
>>>
>>> Bill Le May
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> (slightly abridged):
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> To me, a pit is a basically a hole in the ground, possibly
> lined with bricks and fitted with assorted useful accessories for
> cooking, but still a hole.
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> But this term seems to have been lexicalized, e.g.,
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> http://www.msstate.edu/dept/poultry/bbqgrill.pdf [from the Cooperative
> Extension Service of Mississippi State University]:
> MULTIPLE-SECTION PORTABLE BARBECUE PIT
> Barbecuing chickens for large groups is fairly easy when a
> multiple-section portable barbecue pit is used. It is prefabricated in
> sections, permitting fast and easy assembly and disassembly. The unit
> is easily transported and stored. Any number of eight-foot long
> sections can be interconnected, depending on the number of chickens to
> be barbecued.
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> Mark Mandel
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