On 17/8/08 00:49, in article ,
"Rusty Hinge 2" wrote:

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And English (to include USanian) is little better, if at all: think
'muffin'?

I've only every known groseille as gooseberry so David's post is very
enlightening. But most of my 'French leave' has been in Normandy and
Brittany which might explains that perhaps.

Well, we always called goosegogs 'belly-achers' as kids...

I don't like them much so rarely ate them as a child and never straight off
the bush, so I never suffered. But they're famous for stomach ache if eaten
unripe, aren't they? I only like the big dessert ones, the name of which I
never remember!
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

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I don't like them much so rarely ate them as a child and never straight off
the bush, so I never suffered. But they're famous for stomach ache if eaten
unripe, aren't they?

Allegedly. I never suffered, and if the parents (and grandparents)
didn't hurry up amd pick them, they began to diminish.

I guess I must have been found under a groseillier de macquereau innit.

I only like the big dessert ones, the name of which I
never remember!

Bellyachers.

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Rusty
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On 18/8/08 20:42, in article ,
"Rusty Hinge 2" wrote:

The message
from Sacha contains these words:

I don't like them much so rarely ate them as a child and never straight off
the bush, so I never suffered. But they're famous for stomach ache if eaten
unripe, aren't they?

Allegedly. I never suffered, and if the parents (and grandparents)
didn't hurry up amd pick them, they began to diminish.

I guess I must have been found under a groseillier de macquereau innit.

I only like the big dessert ones, the name of which I
never remember!

Bellyachers.

No, I'm tolerably sure my ex fil didn't call them that. ;-)
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon