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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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What if it was a cheese and onion pie owned by a person who tends and rears sheep?(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 6 Jun 2014, 10:36,
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then it's a shepherd's cheese and onion piebut if he gives it to a non-shepherd it's just a cheese and onion pie.
You have to appreciate the distinction between ownership and nomenclature.
(, Fri 6 Jun 2014, 10:43, Reply)
I can appreciate that, if you can appreciate the distinction between nomenclature and folk etymology.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 6 Jun 2014, 10:52,
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It means that Shepherd's Pie having to contain mutton is a relatively recent definition.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 6 Jun 2014, 10:58,
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This is quite interestingit seems a version made with lentils would be known as a "shepherdless pie".
(, Fri 6 Jun 2014, 11:03, Reply)
I'd probably just call it a lentil pie(
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