Owl from "The Many Adventures Of Winnie-The-Pooh" sent me here! (He was referring to this poem about his Uncle Clyde who "didn't give a hoot for tradition".)
Although the Miriam Webster dictionary says that it is a nonsense word they arein this case, as is often the case with this inferior dictionary, quite wrong. The Owl and the Pussycat is a very old English nursery rhyme and so it follows that if you check the Oxford dictionary which is the Worlds premier English dictionary you will find that a runcible spoon is a spoon with a kind of built in knife edge and semi tines for a fork as well as being a spoon suitable for deserts and fruit etc. You may have seen Splaydes from Northern Europe in up market cutlery and homemaker stores a few years ago. The were very, very close to being "runcible" spoons. They probably are runcible spoons but with a very modernistic design. I love the word Runcible. I use it whenever I can and often do use it as a nonsense word so that people ask me what it means. I plan to find a sterling silver runcible spoon for my youngest grandsons 3rd birthday present whilst I am in Europe next month.
I'm an Aussie so I don't get the "Cliffy" reference but I guess he may be a bit of a know - it -all type of person. Cliffy must be an Americanism type of thing or person.
The music that Burl Ives sings, whilst nice enough, is also a simplification of the original music which I find quite lovely and even suitable for a base voice like mine to sing to a kid or group of kids. I'm planning to learn the words because I already know the original tune to sing at his birthday party in March. There is a lovely recording by the kings singers here with an introduction: grooveshark.com/s/The+Owl+And+The+Pussycat/21tjd8?src=5 . I hope you like it.
Owl from "The Many Adventures Of Winnie-The-Pooh" sent me here! (He was referring to this poem about his Uncle Clyde who "didn't give a hoot for tradition".)
this takes me back about 40 years.
Thank you for posting
I still have the 7" of this.
This is the best song on the album. Unfortunately, this is not the same version of it that is on the album. Thank you for posting this though.
I think it's the same version that's on the 7"
It's a "runcible" spoon. I have the LP. :) Runcible is a nonsense word.
Although the Miriam Webster dictionary says that it is a nonsense word they arein this case, as is often the case with this inferior dictionary, quite wrong.
The Owl and the Pussycat is a very old English nursery rhyme and so it follows that if you check the Oxford dictionary which is the Worlds premier English dictionary you will find that a runcible spoon is a spoon with a kind of built in knife edge and semi tines for a fork as well as being a spoon suitable for deserts and fruit etc. You may have seen Splaydes from Northern Europe in up market cutlery and homemaker stores a few years ago. The were very, very close to being "runcible" spoons. They probably are runcible spoons but with a very modernistic design.
I love the word Runcible. I use it whenever I can and often do use it as a nonsense word so that people ask me what it means.
I plan to find a sterling silver runcible spoon for my youngest grandsons 3rd birthday present whilst I am in Europe next month.
Thanks Roger. I love "Cliffy" facts!
I'm an Aussie so I don't get the "Cliffy" reference but I guess he may be a bit of a know - it -all type of person. Cliffy must be an Americanism type of thing or person.
The music that Burl Ives sings, whilst nice enough, is also a simplification of the original music which I find quite lovely and even suitable for a base voice like mine to sing to a kid or group of kids. I'm planning to learn the words because I already know the original tune to sing at his birthday party in March.
There is a lovely recording by the kings singers here with an introduction: grooveshark.com/s/The+Owl+And+The+Pussycat/21tjd8?src=5 . I hope you like it.
@@rogerknight245, AH! You mean a "SPORK!!!" Those are now made of plastic and are used in school lunches.