lya and dash had a conversation while walking from home to the cinema about why people refer to measurments of butter by pats. it seems to dash that when one refers to a "pat of butter", it is easily understood in the fertile imagination. but why is the phrase "a pat of butter" so apt? and what else can be measured by "pats"?
Friday, September 18, 2009
"a pat of butter"
lya and dash had a conversation while walking from home to the cinema about why people refer to measurments of butter by pats. it seems to dash that when one refers to a "pat of butter", it is easily understood in the fertile imagination. but why is the phrase "a pat of butter" so apt? and what else can be measured by "pats"?
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Actually, this goes back to at least the 17th century. In this sense, a "pat" is something that is made, or that looks as though it could have been made, by patting. So, in this sense, one could have a pat of, oh let's say Play Dough--or mashed potatoes.
thanks jerry! ilya and i were so inspired that we looked the word up in the dictionary - and apparently the word "pat" also came from the sound of a pat! nice! :D
yesh, I am beginning to like the word "pat" and the phrase "pat of butter" more and more! :D
- siok :D
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