Can you imagine making anything more perfect than syrup?
How many of these droplets
on one pile of pancakes?
If I could give a lecture
on productivity
I’d talk
sap
and syrup.
How that ‘a’
that word that means
one
how that ‘one’
in the middle of s and p
becomes
“yru”.
S and yru P.
And really?
why are you?
working hard?
collecting?
Why are you
Collecting drop upon drop
upon drop and drop?
Cooking and boiling
and boiling
some
more
to get
perfect color,
taste of perfection.
Little drops
of effort
equaling
so
much
satisfaction.
Sap
Syrup
S for slow?
P for produce?
Slowly one produces?
Slow one – y-r-u productive?
S for so?
P for perfect?
So, one perfect drop?
So, y-r-u perfect?
Hmmm? No more guessing about word origins.
Sap is from Old German ‘saft’ juice.
Syrup is Old French and Old Italian – both going back to Arabic ‘sharab’ for wine.