"Loki" wrote in message
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il Fri, 09 Apr 2004 10:32:27 -0400, ha scritto:

I know. Nevertheless, we in the USA often call them 'Irish
potatoes' to distinguish them from 'sweet potatoes'
(_Ipomoea batatas_) which are much used here.
Hmm, we call our sweet potatoes 'kumara' and ordinary potatoes just
'potatoes'

Yes, but then you are the people who call a swede a rutabager, no?

:-))
Steve