Re: linguistic "flavours" (was Re: Missing Words)

J Y S Czhang scripsit:

>     _ketchup_ - from Chinese dialect * _koe-chiap_ for vinegary fish sauc=
> e,
> some varieties of this sauce had tomato paste as well.
I think it was the big noses who put the tomatoes in -- they are a
New World vegetable, after all.

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