[Ads-l] blind fish

[Laurence Horn]

Interesting.  Not in DARE.

LH

> On Feb 5, 2019, at 8:09 AM, Stephen Goranson <goranson at DUKE.EDU> wrote:
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> I'm not familiar with it and don't claim to know.
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> That said, here's a reply that someone else may improve.
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> It goes back at least to 1922:
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> https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt/search?q1=%22blind+fish%22&id=mdp.39015092851917&view=1up&seq=5
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> As for internet-available guesses, I'm not sure of their utter bogosity. In, e.g., a meatless Lent, allowing fish, and then a step down or alternative "blind fish" substitute, might could happen.
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> Perhaps vaguely analogous: a pin as an eyeless needle.
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> Currently unreliable narrator (except that I told you I am),
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> SG
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> Subject: [ADS-L] blind fish
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> Blind fish seems to be a term for French toast, especially in German-American communities. Can someone explain the origin of the term? I discount a couple of bogus-sounding explanations found on the internet.
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> Michael J. Sheehan
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