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| From | rbowman <bowman@montana.com> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc, alt.usage.english |
| Subject | Re: GNU |
| Date | 2026-04-02 05:55 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <n36em0F2r2bU28@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (3 earlier) <10qgiq2$3aete$17@dont-email.me> <10qgjga$hpjc$1@artemis.inf.ed.ac.uk> <10qhklf$3os8g$1@dont-email.me> <n33tuqFmhfpU15@mid.individual.net> <10qj962$63en$29@dont-email.me> |
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On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 15:13:22 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 01/04/2026 07:57, rbowman wrote: >> 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. > > I learnt cilantro when asking a waitress in Mexico what the salsa was > made of. > Chopped red onion, tomato, chilli, with lime juice and 'cilantro' . > > If I ever want to make anything remotely Mexican guess what goes on my > shopping list. You're one of those. There is some genetic thing where a good portion of people think cilantro tastes like soap. It's like the genetic thing with asparagus. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-asparagus-makes-your- urine-smell-49961252/
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