What's the meaning of "squeak"?

Michael Rueger m.rueger at acm.org
Thu Mar 14 05:26:06 UTC 2002


Tim Rowledge wrote:
> 
> John M McIntosh <johnmci at smalltalkconsulting.com> is claimed by the authorities to have written:
> 
> > Well I've not heard this before, someone should grab this and stick
> > it on a swiki somewhere. I recall at SqueakEnd'00 we pestered Dan to
> > no-end for the story behind the name. Dan if I recall correctly just
> > grinned at us.
> I think that is because every time someone asks the story is different.
> In fact I once heard Dan explain that they deliberately change the story
> every time, but maybe that was just one of the stories.

The truth is that it is SqC's favorite part of "Bubble and Squeak"
http://www.greatbritishkitchen.co.uk/gbk/recipes/beef/bubbleandsqueak.htm

Just kidding, but I just had it at a British Pub :-)

Michael



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