Re: This can't be true...

[Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net>]

In article <tdz3g.19873$tN3.2564@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net>,
 Sean Fahey <a2fan@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Don Bruder wrote:
> 
> > You say 'toemaytoe', I say 'tuhmahtoh', that guy over there says 
> > 'tuhmayter', and the gal across the hall says "termaytuh"- Everybody's 
> > talking about the same, usually more-or-less round, frequently red 
> > veggie that gets turned into ketchup (or catsup, if you prefer) paste, 
> > and/or spaghetti sauce, just saying it different.
> 
> Couldn't we all agree to say "Lycopersicon"?

Nah, can't do that... We'd be offending certain persons in East Elbonia 
(Lycopersicon happens to be a potent insult in certain dialects of East 
Elbonian, y'see) and we wouldn't want that happening now, would we? :)

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