On Thursday, December 26, 2013 5:13:12 PM UTC-5, sf wrote:
> Since almost all Americans have come from somewhere else, we tend to
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> use a foreign word along with the English word for something when
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> trying to transform the ordinary into something special. A famous one
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> is a recipe we call Shrimp scampi and I just read a blogger call plain
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> white/button mushrooms from the grocery store Champignon Mushrooms.
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> Can you think of any other examples? I'm blanking, but I know there
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> are more.
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> Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

Not food related, but why do so many preachers love that redundancy "widow woman"?

PIN number gets me too.