Monday, August 15, 2011

The herb of summer


My post about cooking with summer savoury*, one of my most-used terrace herbs,  is up at Edible Manhattan. 

* I am at a crossroads. Summer savoury, summer savory. Favourite, favorite. What should I do? Up to now I have been sticking to the Commonwealth's "ou" on this blog. When I write for American publications however, obviously I lose the "u" and write "o". Is it time to change and write it all just one way? Am I confusing anyone?

3 comments:

  1. Pas du tout. "Ou" ... "o" ... ça ne fait rien.

    (I don't know what this means and am very confused, but the human says to pass this message along.)

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  2. Part of what makes you "you" is your background and heritage. That includes "ou". Please keep writing the way that is most comfortable and natural.

    I would like it if you used "whilst" once in a while. It makes me smile when my British blogfriends use it.

    But then, maybe it's not "you" either!

    By the way... this is an odd question coming from a lady who has a cat who speaks in a Spanish accent! Si?

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  3. According to the SA COD (Oxford) the word is "savory" and has no u in it. Describes it as an aromatic plant of the mint family used as a culinary herb. Summer savory - Satureja hortensis. You can comfortably abandon the "u"

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