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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Re: coffee-and #110860 08/28/03 11:33 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada in the "housewife/soap opera" days of yore We called that a coffee klatch when I was growing up. Not sure how to spell it 'cos I've never seen it written. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: coffee-and #110861 08/29/03 05:31 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York coffee klatch Yep, so did we. I think it's a Yiddish word (ask tsuwm) so it could be spelled different ways but I'd be inclined to put an S in there: klatsch. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: coffee-and #110862 08/29/03 04:28 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 508 Metro Detroit (MI) N nancyk addict nancyk addict N Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 508 Metro Detroit (MI) klatsch Yep, AnnaS, that's how I remembers it, only coffee was spelled kaffee whenever it appeared with klatsch. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: coffee-and #110863 08/29/03 04:39 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass I don' know nuffin 'bout no klatches. now klezmers.. -joe (tappin' toe) klapper edit: klatch appears to be from the German word for gossip. hence, gossip over coffee is kaffeeklatsching. :) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: so is it in the OED? #110864 08/29/03 04:47 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass well, color me murky! b. Special combinations: coffee and (pl. coffee and, coffee ands) U.S. slang, coffee and doughnut(s) (or a roll, etc.)... 1901 WEINGARTEN, *Coffee and. 1931 ‘DEAN STIFF’ Milk & Honey Route XV. 172 The hash house where they sup plentiously [sic] on coffee-ands. 1949 Collier's 27 Aug. 27 A saloon on Stanton Street hands out ‘coffee and’ each morning. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: so is it in the OED? #110865 08/30/03 12:36 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill OP Carpal Tunnel OP WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Bonafide and documented! Cool! Thanks, tsuwm! So it was originally "ands" and the "ands" was a nounified conjuction that stood on its own in the phrase, so that's why we say it with the "and" accented today. When you say "coffee and donuts" the "and" drops in intonation, but in "coffee-and" the "and" rises. Oh, and Jackie, I've always pronounced coffee "CAW-fee". Think it's a New York regional thing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,372 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 767 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 25 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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