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'Fayre', 'fair', and 'fare': which is which? |
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Generally speaking, a fair is 'a gathering of
stalls and amusements for public entertainment', whereas fare is 'a range of
food' (Concise Oxford Dictionary, 1999). However, the archaic (15th to
17th century) spelling fayre is confusingly used for both words by those who
think it lends 'an historick flavour'.
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