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On Aug 18, 11:30*am, Martin wrote:
On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:20:41 -0700 (PDT), Judith in France





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On Aug 18, 9:56*am, Martin wrote:
On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:23:12 +0100, Sacha wrote:
On 18/8/08 09:10, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:


On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:20:50 +0100, Rusty Hinge
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The message
from Sacha contains these words:
On 17/8/08 07:44, in article ,
"David Rance" wrote:
On Sat, 16 Aug 2008, Rusty Hinge 2 wrote:


They do distinguish between groseille rouge, groseille blanche and
groseille à maquereau (gooseberry).


Something fishy about that. Mackerel berry?


Maquereau is also a colloquial word for a pimp!


David


What an exciting life you lead - ordering in a restaurant must be very
hazardous! *;-)


Try ordering in an Italian one! (especially vegetables, say, fennel...)


There is a town near Frascati with the same name. Try booking a hotel there.


Are you getting mixed up between the veg. and the puppet by any chance? *;-)


Not at all. It's how I learnt the word had a double meaning. *

Explain please?


Google Finocchio
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Aaah, thank you Martin, I just did :-)

Judith
 
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