Re: A question of semantics

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.

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