Wordsmith’s word of the day, salmagundi <br />triggered a heterogeneous mixture of as- <br />sociations for me, Anastasia’s assassin, <br />‘Sal Monella’ who killed her aunt <br /> <br />The refrain of the only song I know in Arabic <br />SALMA-y-salaamah - we came, we went - <br />Sal MAGUNDI sounds like ANA-y-a MA- <br />KUNTI ba-fa-karaki-ha-hu-shas-al-y-ama* <br /> <br />But not a mixed salad, should I offer my family <br />a salmagundi I would receive a salvo of clever <br />repartees, even the word smorgasbord would <br />be received with great suspicion <br /> <br />Salmagundi is not pukka-sahib – not even <br />mem-sahib – for my own use! <br /> <br />*Song sung by Dalida<br /><br />Margaret Alice<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/2010-03-15-salmagundi/
