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THE GLOSSARY

What the heck does that word mean?

Confusing Words and Pronunciations

If at any point you encounter a confusing word in the script that you don't understand, or you read a word and don't know how to pronounce it, let us know and we'll add it to the ever-growing list of the glossary!

Tilapia a la Tiepolo (pg 5): “Tilapia in the style of Tiepolo”; this does not refer to any specific recipe or style that I can ascertain. Tiepolo most likely refers to an Italian painter of the Rococo style Giovanni Battista Tiepolo or his sons. 

 

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Chasse (pg 38): A type of gliding triple-step pattern originating from ballet. 

 

Falling in Love Again (pg 40): A song by Marlene Dietrich, an actress

and singer between the 1910s and the 1980s. You can listen to the song here.

 

Red Light, Green Light (pg 43): a children’s game also known as Statues in the UK. The exact origins of the game are unknown, but it is believed to have originated in the UK. 

 

Musical Chairs (pg 43): A children’s game whose origin is unknown, though it may date as far back as the crusades, based on its alternate name of “Trip to Jerusalem” and the theories around the origin of that name. 

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Liver and Lamingtons (pg 5): A lamington is a type of sweet sponge cake dessert coated in chocolate and coconut popular in Australia and New Zealand. I found no references to it ever being paired with liver. 

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Orange Roughy smoothie(pg 6): An orange roughy is a type of deep-sea fish; I found no references to an “orange roughy smoothie”. It is possible that this is a reference to This SNL Skit where fish are placed in a blender. 

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Aster flowers (pg 47): A genus of flowering plants known for their colorful flowers, which are often shades of violet and blue. All but one species within the genus are native to Eurasia. 

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Ogre: The earliest reference to the term “ogre” comes from the French verse romance Perceval, the Story of the Grail (Perceval, li contes del graal). The word may derive from the Etruscan God Orcus, and may be related to the usage of similar creatures in English pseudohistorical and legendary texts of the preceding centuries.

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