To: patj
Desert n. 1. Worthiness of reward or punishment 2. a just reward or punishment
In this case it's pronounced like 'dessert', as in getting your just deserts.
6 posted on
04/28/2004 2:55:49 AM PDT by
Sapper26
(I like W because he shoots first and asks questions later, you get fewer questions that way.)
To: Sapper26
Thanks for the info. I was reading it like it was the Sahara.
11 posted on
04/28/2004 3:42:38 AM PDT by
patj
To: Sapper26
In this case it's pronounced like 'dessert', as in getting your just deserts. I always thought the saying was referring to cake and ice cream.
So this "desert" is pronounced "dessert," not "desert" as in the Sahara, but "desert" as in "abandon." And it has the same root as "deserve."
Why did they have to make English so confusing??
15 posted on
04/28/2004 4:05:00 AM PDT by
wai-ming
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