Re: OT: Marmite! (wasRe: [Conlangs-Conf] Witty slogan)

on 3/15/06 8:27 AM, Tristan Alexander McLeay at conlang@TRISTAN.ID.AU wrote:

> On 15/03/06, Hanuman Zhang <zhang@...> wrote:
>> on 3/15/06 1:00 AM, Adam Walker at carrajena@YAHOO.COM wrote:
>
>>> Vegemite nearly made me lose my last meal.
>>
>> Yech! Pale imitation of Marmite...
>
> Funny, I think of Marmite as a pale imitation of Vegemite. (Tho if I
> eat Vegemite, it's because I want to eat Vegemite and nothing else.)
> Marmite goes better than Vegemite in bolognese sauce, tho. Wouldn't've
> thought it'd've made a difference in all of the rest of the stuff you
> put in, tho, so maybe it's just random error and Vegemite really is
> king :)

You're just Aussiecentric that's what you are... ;)




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Hanuman Zhang

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