MDDM23: Soupcon de Trop

[Dave Monroe]

"I spent much time at the Soupçon de Trop, a local
Repaire for Kitchen-Workers of all Ranks, finding in
their numbers Safety for a while, at least from human
Enemies...." (M&D, Ch. 37, p. 378)

What the heck ...

Soupçon de Trop = "a bit too much"?

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=9711&msg=21553&sort=date

Main Entry: soup·çon 
Pronunciation: süp-'sOn, 'süp-"sän
Function: noun
Etymology: French, literally, suspicion, from
(assumed) Vulgar Latin suspection-, suspectio, from
Latin suspicere to suspect -- more at SUSPECT
Date: 1766
: a little bit : TRACE

Main Entry: de trop 
Pronunciation: d&-'trO
Function: adjective
Etymology: French
Date: 1752
: too much or too many : SUPERFLUOUS

Soupçon  de Trop = "a little bit of too much"?

http://www.princeton.edu/~his291/Fludd.html

http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/Library/SLTnoframes/ideas/macromicro.html

http://www.owenbarfield.com/BarfieldCompanion/chrestomathy/macrocosm.html

http://www.blavatsky.net/talk/bnbasic/macrocosm-microcosm.htm

Both ...

"a trace of the superfluous"

And ...

"a suspicion of much"

By the way ...

"We could stop for a bite at L'Appeau" (M&D, Ch. 37,
p. 377)

L'appeau = birdcall

http://www.angelfire.com/biz/bangbanginc/faulk.html

"not to mention wayward Barouches" (M&D, Ch. 37, p.
378)

Main Entry: ba·rouche 
Pronunciation: b&-'rüsh
Function: noun
Etymology: German Barutsche, from Italian biroccio,
ultimately from Late Latin birotus two-wheeled, from
Latin bi- + rota wheel -- more at ROLL
Date: 1801
: a four-wheeled carriage with a driver's seat high in
front, two double seats inside facing each other, and
a folding top over the back seat 

http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary

"In Sense and Sensibility Mrs. Gatewood boasts that
her brother owns his own barouche, and Mrs. Elton in
Emma drops the fact that her brother owns a barouche
into every conversation."
 
http://www.likesbooks.com/carriages.html

But why a "Repaire" (= den) "for Kitchen-Workers of
all Ranks"?  Let me know ...

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