Sorry, Anna; I should have included the rest of the Atomica page, I guess, though I have before:
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. I was thinking, as I read that earlier, how wonderful I think our tsuwm is for developing a site that is sometimes credited by Atomica! [proud e]
I, too, thought about the traveling the word julep did. I guess people back then knew the word. I have never heard it in any other context than with mint. As far as I know, people here today just say syrup. I must say, "mint julep" has more appeal to it than "mint syrup" does! By the way, does anyone else fluctuate in their pronunciation of the word syrup? I say some i's northern and some southern, but I don't know if being in a border state accounts for my saying sir-up at some times and sear-up at others.
