I am easily outraged by the way. I was in York in North Yorkshire the other day on Stonegate in the Shambles area of the city. There is a shop selling smelly stuff (soaps, perfume that sort of thing) called
Crabtree and Evelyn. On its signage is the rather old fashioned word "comestibles" . Well I thought these are things that you eat, nothing to do with smelly stuff. And they don't sell things to eat.
Pomposity or outrageous disregard for the English language? You decide.
By the way Websters online dictionary gives the following definition:
"Comestibles - eatables, victuals, edibles, ingesta; grub, grubstake, prog, meat; bread, bread stuffs; cerealia; cereals; viands, cates, delicacy, dainty, creature comforts, contents of the larder, fleshpots; festal board; ambrosia; good cheer, good living."
Some good words in there as well I think. "Festal board" in particular...
