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Re: We speak the same language??

Good on you Connie I was too scared to ask :-)
-----Original Message-----
From: Connie Hoy <coneh@uswest.net>
To: veggie-list@eskimo.com <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
Date: Thursday, August 20, 1998 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: We speak the same language??


>
>
>Margaret Lauterbach wrote:
>
>> And what we call corn, you call maize, I believe,  In England I think all
>> grains are known as corn, aren't they?  We don't have to go that far
afield
>> for language differences.  In Canada, for instance, a chesterfield is a
>> sofa, although it's just a cigarette in the U.S.  In the Northeastern
U.S.
>> they eat cottage fries.  In the West, they're unknown.  We either have
>> fried potatoes or preferably hash browns that are unheard of in the East.
>> Anyone want a milk nickel?  Margaret
>
>  Ok,I'll bite,what pray tell is a milk nickel?
>Connie
>
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