[lit-ideas] Re: Don't Fear Love Spoons
- From: david ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 15:33:08 -0800
On Nov 6, 2005, at 1:59 PM, Eric Yost wrote:
>>The Century dictionary of 1900 adds that it is because spoons
were used to feed infants that they became associated with
foolishness and simpletons.
Before reading about love spoons, I thought "spooning" referred to
the way spoons are laid together in a drawer, fitting closely,
concavity to concavity. Therefore "spooning" was to cuddle.
This is another nineteenth century meaning, but the lying together
was not limited to cuddling; Civil War soldiers "spooned," lay close
together to keep the group warm.
David Ritchie
Portland, Oregon
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