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Re: A question of semantics

From:Stephen Mulraney <ataltanie@...>
Date:Wednesday, August 13, 2003, 23:45
John Cowan wrote:
> Stephen Mulraney scripsit: > > >>Like *soap*?. Are you serious? >> >>Err... (perhaps this makes the previous sentence less convincing)... which >>one's cilantro? I mean, cilantro is American English for what tasty (non-soapy) >>herb? I can't recall right now, though I usually know.
> Cilantro = coriander = Chinese parsley.
Ah, thank you. I thought of coriander, but dismissed it on the grounds that it couldn't possible taste like soap, even to *homo superior*. ---- The best way to remove a virus is with vi and a steady hand. Stephen Mulraney... ataltane at ataltane.net... ataltane.net That reminds me: my WindowsXP installation needs deworming (no, I'm not using it now ;)