tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830519715590614673.post866745504508390741..comments2022-03-15T23:20:00.774-05:00Comments on <b>The <i>Other</i> Curmudgeon</b>: Mmm. Now, That's CoffeePassepartout22http://www.blogger.com/profile/10580009445741758399noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830519715590614673.post-15147698500047672762014-06-02T12:48:17.104-05:002014-06-02T12:48:17.104-05:00that means the daughter of the woman who taught Va...that means the daughter of the woman who taught Van Cliburn to play piano. Duh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830519715590614673.post-58085679465057530862012-09-18T06:54:24.062-05:002012-09-18T06:54:24.062-05:00Yes, what we often call "kolaches" -- pi...Yes, what we often call "kolaches" -- pigs in a blanket -- are really "klobasniki." But I was introduced to them at the Czech bakeries in West, and there they are called kolaches. I, too, get in my language-purist mood now and then, and object to using one word to describe another thing, but I'm trying to not obsess over it any more. There are too many REAL problems in the world to obsess about, like people who don't grasp the difference between "everyday" and "every day" (an example spotted yesterday on a Chinese restaurant in New Mexico, so it's on my mind now).Passepartout22https://www.blogger.com/profile/10580009445741758399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830519715590614673.post-35736174084379563882012-09-14T09:09:56.518-05:002012-09-14T09:09:56.518-05:00True Kolaches are not meat surrounded with bread. ...True Kolaches are not meat surrounded with bread. From a Czech, they are a pastry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830519715590614673.post-78137785159348787192012-03-01T17:16:34.741-06:002012-03-01T17:16:34.741-06:00"Van cliburn's piano teacher's daught..."Van cliburn's piano teacher's daughter"? What's that mean?Sawyernoreply@blogger.com