Bovril


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Posted by John Barton on October 25, 2004 at 23:15:18 from 203.97.103.14 user Nostalgic.

In the discussion of Bovril a few months ago, there seems to be no mention of the name origin. Didn't it come from a Victorian novel called "The Coming Race" by I think Bulwer-Lytton, which had a strange force known as 'Vril'? Plus 'Bo' as Latin for ox.


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