Questions to ponder
What percent of a library's stock is visible on the shelves at any given time?
What does "Gratin" in "au Gratin Potatoes" mean?
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posted by k_sra at 3/03/2006 04:56:00 PM
3.03.2006
What percent of a library's stock is visible on the shelves at any given time?
What does "Gratin" in "au Gratin Potatoes" mean?
10 Comments:
I'd guess 80%
I'd guess "potato"
67.8%
this is gratin
I'd say 50%.
And I'd always thought "gratin" meant free, but now that I've written that, I've suddenly realised that I was actually thinking of "gratis". And another branch of my own personal potato mythology bites the dust.
"Free-range"?
I think 60% with the other 40% checked out
And I always thought au gratin meant "with cheese"
I think "gratin" literally means "scrapings". I think "au gratin" is a generic term for "with crunchy bits on top" but usually indicates a cheese topping.
I think Steve is right...but what about the books?
Yes, what about the books?
Follow-up question to the books:
If all the books in a library's inventory were returned to the library in question, would there be room to house them all?
I would guess that if all the books were in the library and not checked out - it would cause problems with space. Then, it might be time to hold a book sale...
We get our word "grate" from the French "gratin." Hence the cheesy, bread crumby goodness is aptly named after the process required to render the cheese toastable yet with the ability to lace gracefully through the crumbles.
Actually, "grater" to grate.
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