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"Tavern displaced inn at the same time. "
Hardly. I never heard of a tavern providing beds.
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wwh, I went searching for the etymology of tavern. And it is related to tabernacle. Thought that was interesting..
From NODE: (New Oxford Dict of English) ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French taverne, from Latin taberna ‘hut, tavern’. Compare with tabernacle.
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Meum est propositum in taberna mori, Ut sint vina proxima morientis ori; Tunc cantabunt laetius angelorum chori: "Deus sit propitius huic potatori." My ignorant attempt at translation: My plan is to die in a tavern So that wine shall be close to the dying man's mouth Then the choir of angels will sing "Let God bless these drunkards"
I didn't translate it before, hoping a member who knows far more Latin than I do would save me from displaying my ineptitude. There was a German translation. Maybe another peek at that will help me correct some of my guesses. [Carmina Burana Nr. 191, 13. Jahrhundert] Imagine my chagrin at finding the translation in one of Wordsmith's letter!
My proposal is to die in the tavern Where the wine will be near my dying mouth; Then choirs of angels will quite happily sing, "May God be propitious to this drunkard!"
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completely lost...do please explain, Bill
read again..and all I got is God, taverns, potatoes(?)..wait..mouth, close, death(?), wine, is, propitiate, angels..that's it..whew!
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