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On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 12:16:57 +1300, Ross Clark wrote:

> What interests me is that while the word "marjoram" goes back to late
> Middle English, "oregano" does not appear in English until the end of
> the 19th century. What happened around that time that seemed to require
> a new term?

Italian cooking?  Cilantro wasn't in my vocabulary when I was a kid and 
you wouldn't find it in a market where I grew up. We used coriander seeds 
in pickles. I think most of the world calls the green plant coriander also 
but they don't have a heavy Hispanic population.

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