Comments on: Monthly Gleanings (September 2008) http://blog.oup.com/2008/09/gleanings_september/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Thu, 23 May 2013 12:47:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: GAC http://blog.oup.com/2008/09/gleanings_september/#comment-147463 GAC Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:32:49 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=2150#comment-147463 That is very interesting. I've always taken sweetmeat and sweetbread literally -- or perhaps I've never actually seen or heard the actual compounds, since I have never heard of a candy called "sweetmeats", nor have I ever heard of a "sweet bread" that wasn't actually bread. (I am a native speaker.) That is very interesting. I’ve always taken sweetmeat and sweetbread literally — or perhaps I’ve never actually seen or heard the actual compounds, since I have never heard of a candy called “sweetmeats”, nor have I ever heard of a “sweet bread” that wasn’t actually bread.

(I am a native speaker.)

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