Peter A wrote:
> In article 9>, Wayne
> Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> says...
> > While latkes are customarily made with potatoes, the word "latke" simply
> > means pancake. It's derived from the Ukrainian word "oladka".
> >
> >
>
> Which is derived from Greek eladia "little oily thing" which is derived
> from elaion "olive oil" and so on and so forth.
>
> It's a mistake to go into the past to determine what a word means,
> although it may be an interesting study. What the word means now may be
> quite different. In the English-speaking world, I bet that you would be
> hard-pressed to find somneone who (assuming that they have an opinion)
> would not think that "latke" means a potato pancake.

What else would you expect from the kitchen frauds.

Merriam Webster

lat·ke
noun
Etymology: Yiddish, pancake, from Ukrainian oladka
: POTATO PANCAKE
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potato pancake
noun
: a fried flat cake of grated potato mixed with raw egg and usually
grated onion and spices
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ham·burg·er
noun
Variants: or ham·burg/-"b&rg/
Etymology: German Hamburger of Hamburg, Germany
1 a : ground beef b : a patty of ground beef
2 : a sandwich consisting of a patty of hamburger in a split typically
round bun
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Next thing some dunce is going to claim a hamburger can consist of
ground lamb/veal/pork/poultry... nope, ONLY BEEF<period>

Sheldon