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Toasts may be solemn, sentimental, humorous, bawdy, [11] or insulting. [12] The practice of announcing one's intention to make a toast and signalling for quiet by rapping on the wineglass, while common, is regarded by some authorities as rude. [8] Except in very small and informal gatherings, a toast is offered standing.
The word toast comes from the Latin torrere 'to burn'. [3] In German, the term (or sometimes Toastbrot) also refers to the type of bread itself, which is usually used for toasting. [4] One of the first references to toast in print is in a recipe for Oyle Soppys (flavoured onions stewed in a gallon of stale beer and a pint of oil) from 1430. [5]
Skol (written "skål" in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish and "skál" in Faroese and Icelandic or "skaal" in archaic spellings or transliteration of any of those languages) is the Danish-Norwegian-Swedish-Icelandic-Faroese word for "cheers", a salute, or most accurately a toast, with a raised glass, cup, or 'skål' (meaning a bowl or container for liquids), as to an admired person or group.
I think it's reasonable to use that etymology for all of them. -- Narsil ( talk ) 01:07, 9 April 2013 (UTC) [ reply ] Anecdotal evidence: my fiancée is French and she says it is onomatopoeia, and she hasn't heard of any notion of Chinese derivation.
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Toast, a 1999 play by Richard Bean; Toast, a memoir by Nigel Slater "A Toast" (anthem) ("Zdravljica"), a poem by France Prešeren and the Slovenian national anthem "A Toast", the title recorded in law for the North Carolina State Toast; Toast: And Other Rusted Futures, a collection of short fiction by Charles Stross
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