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l find it too moronic and miserable when they call it greek
Etymology and spelling[edit]
The word is derived from Turkish: yoğurt,[3] and is usually related to the verb yoğurmak: "to be curdled or coagulated; to thicken".[4] or yuğur- "id" and the suffix -t.[5] The letter ğ was traditionally rendered as "gh" in transliterations of Turkish prior to 1928.[6] In older Turkish, the letter denoted a voiced velar fricative /ɣ/, but this sound is elided between back vowels in modern Turkish, in which the word is pronounced [joˈuɾt], or [joˈɰuɾt
History
The oldest writings mentioning yogurt are attributed to Pliny the Elder, who remarked that certain "barbarous nations" knew how "to thicken the milk into a substance with an agreeable acidity".[20] The use of yogurt by medieval Turks is recorded in the books Diwan Lughat al-Turk by Mahmud Kashgari and Kutadgu Bilig by Yusuf Has Hajib written in the 11th century.[21][22] Both texts mention the word "yogurt" in different sections and describe its use by nomadic Turks.[21][22] The earliest yogurts were probably spontaneously fermented by wild bacteria in goat skin bags
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogurt
l feel good now :mrgreen:
Etymology and spelling[edit]
The word is derived from Turkish: yoğurt,[3] and is usually related to the verb yoğurmak: "to be curdled or coagulated; to thicken".[4] or yuğur- "id" and the suffix -t.[5] The letter ğ was traditionally rendered as "gh" in transliterations of Turkish prior to 1928.[6] In older Turkish, the letter denoted a voiced velar fricative /ɣ/, but this sound is elided between back vowels in modern Turkish, in which the word is pronounced [joˈuɾt], or [joˈɰuɾt
History
The oldest writings mentioning yogurt are attributed to Pliny the Elder, who remarked that certain "barbarous nations" knew how "to thicken the milk into a substance with an agreeable acidity".[20] The use of yogurt by medieval Turks is recorded in the books Diwan Lughat al-Turk by Mahmud Kashgari and Kutadgu Bilig by Yusuf Has Hajib written in the 11th century.[21][22] Both texts mention the word "yogurt" in different sections and describe its use by nomadic Turks.[21][22] The earliest yogurts were probably spontaneously fermented by wild bacteria in goat skin bags
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogurt
l feel good now :mrgreen: