In the nursery rhyme "the owl and the Pussycat" what is a runstible
spoon!!
2006-10-15 23:56:11 · 13 answers · asked by archaeologia 6 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
thanks for the answers,most are right,so will be hard to pick a winner thanks all
2006-10-16 00:33:37 · update #1
would all please vote for who you think for me you are all right thanks once again
2006-10-16 06:28:21 · update #2
A runcible spoon is a fictitious utensil that appears in the nonsense poetry of Edward Lear. More generally, the word "runcible" is also used of objects other than spoons in Lear's work. It is fundamentally a nonsense word.
The word "runcible" is a neologism.
2006-10-16 00:01:02 · answer #1 · answered by Gazpode55 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've heard two answers, one being that a runcible spoon is one of those spoons with holes in it for sifting out water and the other being that Edward Lear just made up the term, as he was wont to do.
2006-10-16 00:11:09 · answer #2 · answered by Uncle Sid 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well even, though you called me middle - aged, here is the answer. The word is runcible. It is not actually a spoon at all. Runcible means a:
a sharp-edged fork with three broad curved prongs.
2006-10-16 00:06:40 · answer #3 · answered by Patti C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A runcible spoon only exists in Lear's poem but is a kind of desert spoon from the look of illustrations - but it is a lovely word.
2006-10-16 02:25:13 · answer #4 · answered by John H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
runcible spoon - a thing made up by the author, edward Lear.
Latterly the runcible spoon has been 'invented' and is a spoon shaped piece of cutlery, with three fork tines and a sharp edge, to fulfill the purposes of a knife, fork and spoon all in one. See: http://www.nonsenselit.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/runciblehutson.jpg
2006-10-16 00:02:11 · answer #5 · answered by Vinni and beer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's a runcible spoon, which is a type of dessert fork! You know the ones with one broader tine and two narrower ones.
2006-10-16 00:04:21 · answer #6 · answered by RM 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually its the runcible spoon - it's a curved three prong fork with a cutting edge - a kinda combi of a knife, fork, and spoon in one - by the way i don't consider myself middle aged either
2006-10-16 00:38:08 · answer #7 · answered by silly billy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a runcible spoon. Supposedly meade up by Edward Lear.
For more see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runcible_spoon
2006-10-16 00:04:58 · answer #8 · answered by Barbara Doll to you 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is runcible, not runstible, and it is a three-pronged fork, such as a pickle fork, curved like a spoon and having a cutting edge.
2006-10-16 00:08:11 · answer #9 · answered by Chariotmender 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a spoon from Dunstable but the author was far too ashamed to admit that he'd been shopping in Dunstable.
2006-10-16 00:10:57 · answer #10 · answered by soggykipper 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋