Talk:Potluck/Archives/2015

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What in the world does "That that pure sanguine complexion of yours may never be famisht with pot lucke" mean??? An explanation could be useful.

WRT the etymology, I thought there was something about putting various items into a pot and so it was down to luck what you got out. Or is that just someone trying to explain the term, retrospectively? -- Darac 12:27, 22 Jan 2004 (UTC)

No, I don't think so. Potluck seems to be as simple to explain as it looks at first sight. And why should it be connected in any way with the Native American potlatch, which denotes a different concept?  13:30, 22 Jan 2004 (UTC)

I'd have thought that the potlatch and the potluck were rather similar, 'Potlatches are to be distinguished from feasts in that guests are invited to a potlatch to share food and receive gifts or payment.'


 * If pot lucke originated in 1592, it seems doubtful to connect it to potlatch, which is a custom of the North West coastal region of North America. There would have been minimal contact between the cultures.  This sounds like a retrospective association.96.54.53.165 (talk) 05:59, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

"NASHE Four Lett. Confut. Ded.":

Why al. tho. abbr.? Wh. is the ex. tit. of tha. boo.? An. is i. Tho. Nas.?  20:42, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I think pot luck is dipping one's hand into a container to fish out some surprise gift buried in sawdust. One has to pay a small amount first of course. One is taking pot luck so to speak.

what is the origin of jacob's join?

I've redirected Jacob's join here - although I've not heard either phrase much. Jacob's join may have some biblical reference (thoich it's only a cursory web search that has suggested this). It seems to be a phrase originating in the North / North-West of England where Jacob would have been a popular 19th century name. Nogwa 21:04, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

I looked up potluck in the OED and found the Nashe quote, with the same abbreviation of the reference, so I simplified the entry and mentioned the OED. --129.242.176.28 13:06, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Could someone add a mention of what the word "lucke" means? And if it means the same thing as "luck" then why there are two different spellings? It should especially be noted in this following sentence: " It is a portmanteau word formed from (cooking) pot and lucke. " Everyone knows what a "pot" is but the term "lucke", at least with the "e" at the end, is not very common in the United States (I don't know about other English-speaking countries). PS A quick search with Webster.com shows nothing for "lucke". Fatrb38 (talk) 01:53, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Definition
This seems more like a Wiktionary definition than an article. I was going to mark it, but decided to ask about it here first. Any comments?

Yes, it was a definition. I have made some attempt to wikify it and removed the mark that it should be wikified. --129.242.176.28 15:20, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

English is not my first language

" is actually of English origin. It is a portmanteau word formed from (cooking) pot and lucke"

lucke with an "e" at the end ? (66.36.131.62 (talk) 12:38, 10 December 2007 (UTC))


 * I am not sure about this. I have heard of Pot Latch and this sounds similar, however there is a "Pot Luck" in quizzes which means a random subject is chosen. I think this came into being (in my recollection) in about 1985, whereas the use of "Pot Luck" for a swapping of food dishes is 21st Century. I certainly never heard it before then. Has anyone heard it used before about 1985? DavidFarmbrough (talk) 01:20, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Potluck for a party or gathering where each person brings a dish to pass (which I assume is what you meant) goes back to the 1970's in America (Midwest), from my own experience. I'd assume it goes back further yet. Unfortunately, can't provide any references except a church cookbook which is of a very limited publication. 63.87.189.17 (talk) 21:39, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

"Potluck - To the Irish, a potluck was a meal with no particular menu. Everyone participating brought a dish for all to share. The term comes from a time when groups of Irish women would gather together and cook dinner. They only had one pot so they cooked the meal together with whatever ingredients they happened to have that day."

This seems apocryphal to me. I'm Irish, and I first heard of potluck dinners through a church I joined as an adult. I've introduced the concept to my family and friends. It's definitely not a well-known concept here, and I'd be surprised if it originated here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.198.192.202 (talk) 17:26, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Merger proposal
I suggest merging in whatever contents from Bring a plate that can be salvaged. It's already listed as a synonym on this page, and I can't see too much information that is different from here (other than the fact that it's chiefly NZ and Australian usage). --Dom (talk) 14:10, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I didn't know the Potluck article existed. I think this can easily be merged into that article. Bring a Plate is Potluck, just an alternate name for it. Format (talk) 19:34, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I second that. Funny enough, I learned "bring a plate" at high school after coming to NZ, before encountering the "potluck" name.  At university I was around the Chinese immigrant and overseas students church crowd and "potluck" was the term used.  Now I'm working at a place with almost no non-Western immigrants and it is back to "bring a plate" again.  --JNZ (talk) 00:24, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge done. Format (talk) 08:55, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Crock pot deletion
There is such a thing as a crock pot but by no means does a pot luck meal need to be prepared in one. Given pot luck dishes include sweets like brownies, flans, cupcakes, the crock pot reference is really misleading. Format (talk) 07:40, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Nosh-U-Want Recommended for Removal from Entry
There is no evidence at all to support the existence of "nosh-u-want" as a term. No citations can be found in Google Books or Google News Archive and all uses found on the Internet reference this very article. Format (talk) 07:19, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Swapayobruncha recommended for removal from entry
The synonyms list includes "swapayobruncha," citing Teague, Daniel. Coastal Algonquian Vocabulary Sampler (1976), a book which appears not to exist. It first appears as "switchayobruncha" at 17:34, 10 February 2014 (Adding synonym to existing list.) and is updated to "swapayobruncha" at 13:57, 18 February 2014 (Editing for misspelling), both edits contributed by the same user. Google searches around both the cited source (Teague, Daniel. Coastal Algonquian Vocabulary Sampler (1976)) and "swapayobruncha" itself do not return any credible returns. Suggest removing it from the list of synonyms. Illinvillain (talk) 17:18, 20 July 2014 (UTC)


 * I was dubious about that term; if nobody can verify a ref, it should be deleted. It sounds too specialized, even if it were true. Reify-tech (talk) 02:53, 21 July 2014 (UTC)


 * The user who contributed "Swapayobruncha" has also contributed edits with non-linked citations attributed to the same author, Daniel Teague, to the pages on The Honky Tonk Man and Koi. It seems unlikely that the a single person would have authored a volume of Algonquian vocabulary, another on terraforming and invasive species, and an article in Wrestle Week magazine (which also seems not to exist) Illinvillain (talk) 06:26, 21 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks for catching these problems! For the record, the bogus refs were added by User:Danieljasonpayne. I just removed a long-standing bogus ref at Koi, and I think his other bogus refs were removed by alert editors, but not reported or warned against. I have now posted the first human-initiated warnings on  User talk:Danieljasonpayne. This was an example of WP:SNEAKY; the WP:SVT has been formed to try to figure out ways of identifying and combating these kinds of sneaky hoax vandalism.  Reify-tech (talk) 16:17, 21 July 2014 (UTC)