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Old 04-12-2007, 08:02 PM posted to uk.food+drink.misc,uk.rec.gardening
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Default Trying to ID a mysterious fruit

"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message
James Nicoll's epigram applies -

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that
English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words;
on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary"


Superb!


 
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