tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post2130099416812087422..comments2024-03-25T15:07:41.959+00:00Comments on Nigeness: SubniveanNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-56821243899854170452021-06-23T18:59:40.153+01:002021-06-23T18:59:40.153+01:00Subnivean ham – oh yes! Thanks Baceseras.Subnivean ham – oh yes! Thanks Baceseras.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-24256045704729884682021-06-23T01:28:41.074+01:002021-06-23T01:28:41.074+01:00I swear, Nige, coincidence must be combed into my ...I swear, Nige, coincidence must be combed into my DNA. Immediately after reading this blog post I began reading (for the first time) Alan Moorehead's <i>A Late Education</i> Do you know the book? It opens in the Bar Basque, St Jean de Luz. On page 2:<br /><br />"One ate <i>jambon de Bayonne</i> (which was said to have lain all winter, salted and raw, maturing under the snow of the Pyrenees)..." <br /><br />and there follows a catalogue -- positively Homeric -- of foodstuffs, to make the senses whirl. But I had to read it a second time to perceive it once, for my mind was stuck, stalled, on that <i>subnivean</i> ham curing . . .Baceserashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13118011951889402369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-32007194261481360182021-06-22T19:32:15.943+01:002021-06-22T19:32:15.943+01:00Didn’t Nivea boycott GBNews?Didn’t Nivea boycott GBNews?Guy Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02304053177188950094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-28788864110796499822021-06-22T10:37:06.989+01:002021-06-22T10:37:06.989+01:00Brilliant idea – thanks George!Brilliant idea – thanks George!Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-86146795464891280022021-06-22T01:45:46.537+01:002021-06-22T01:45:46.537+01:00I like it, too, yet etymology aside it looks as if...I like it, too, yet etymology aside it looks as if it should be used to refer to a man who affects the debonair manner of David Niven but can't quite carry it off.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.com