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Subject: Re: Definition of what schnapps is?
From: DromTom
Posted: Thu Aug 30. 2001, 10:14 UTC
Followup to: "Re: Definition of what schnapps is?"  by Kent Garber  (Thu Aug 30. 2001, 04:05 UTC)
> I do not have a detailed definition, but I am betting schnapps 
> originated in Germany.  I believe it's German, or from a German root, 
> meaning a "mouth full."
> 
> American schnapps is a liqueur that is low in proof and high in 
> sugar.  European Schnapps is a liqueur that is high in proof and low 
> in sugar.

Not bad, Kent, not bad ! The word "Schnapps" (though itīs spelled `Schnapsī in 
German) has its ethymological roots in "schnappen" (to snap), "schlucken" (to 
swallow) and "Schluck" (quencher, if my dictionary doesnīt fool me). 


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