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[Followups set to lugnet.market.jambalaya]
A new newsgroup lugnet.market.jambalaya has just been created. For
background information on how this came to be, please see the thread:
http://www.lugnet.com/general/?n=5215
CHARTER/PURPOSE
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-> lugnet.market.jambalaya (group):
Discussion and planning for organized exchanges of "jambalaya" boxes
(diverse mixtures of new or used LEGO® elements, under the theory that
one person's trash is another person's treasure).
lugnet.market.* (hierarchy):
Auctioning, buying, selling, trading, exchanging, and shopping for
LEGO® products.
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MORE BACKGROUND
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Where does the word "jambalaya" come from? Here's what Merriam-Webster
online <http://www.m-w.com/> says:
Main Entry: jam·ba·laya
Pronunciation: "j&m-b&-'lI-&
Function: noun
Etymology: Louisiana French, from Provençal jambalaia
Date: 1872
1 : rice cooked usually with ham, sausage, chicken, shrimp, or oysters
and seasoned with herbs
2 : a mixture of diverse elements <curious jambalayas of competing
elements -- Neil Hickey>
Presumably, the word is also related to the nominative form of the English
word "jumble":
Main Entry: ²jumble
Function: noun
Date: 1661
1 a : a mass of things mingled together without order or plan :
HODGEPODGE
b : a state of confusion
2 British : articles for a rummage sale
--Todd
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