Humility: Because Sometimes You Gotta Eat That Pie

1546.886 - 1570.685 Tommy Metz III

For the most part, heart, liver, entrails of animals, especially of deer, what we would now call awful, O-F-F-A-L, not awful, but it was awful. It was considered a lower class food. By the 15th century, the term had changed to just umble. Instead of N-U-M-B-L-E, it was now U-M-B-L-E, dropping the N. How did this happen? Well, some word smarties think that pies might be the reason.