Re: OT expressive names
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- Subject: Re: OT expressive names
- From: T* &* M* R*
- Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 14:14:59 +1300
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Veronica Mary Borrett wrote: > > Hello Robin, > > >From another of the 'silent majority' - my family fondly refers to salvia > sclarea var.T....as the 'armpit plant' - but the more common name in England > is 'hot housemaid' - says it all really. Reminds me of a member of our family who reckons that ground cumin (which she nevertheless likes) smells like sweaty armpits! Moira -- Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz> Wainuiomata (near Wellington, capital city of New Zealand)
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