Tuesday, October 21, 2008

You MUST be kidding

Recently, on a country western station I listen to, the subject of what mutton is came up. Neither dj knew for sure. One DJ said it was sheep, and the other said it was goat. They actually asked folks to call in and tell them. One person said it was really old sheep that had died. One person said it was an Irish dish. Then, the A student dj's looked it up in a dictionary, and learned that it was indeed sheep meat, but not lamb. Unfortunately, they didn't stay on track too long, because one dj then added that if it were a *really* old sheep, it was haggid- no, that's not a word, and no, that's not right. Haggis is a dish utilizing parts of sheep (not necessarily really old sheep). Maybe she meant "Hagrid" who was a character in the Harry Potter series? Who knows? But, the level of ignorance on this country station was, well, astounding.

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