"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 10:09:29 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 12:21:01 PM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> > dsi1 wrote:
> > >
> > > jmcquown wrote:
> > > > Take into account he orders rice at McDonald's and was surprised a
> > > > "white woman" knows what shoyu is... as if you have to live in
> > > > Hawaii
> > > > (or be Japanese) to have heard of it.
> > > >
> > > > Jill
> > >
> > > That would be correct. If you go into your local restaurant and ask
> > > for some shoyu, it's highly unlikely that the server is going to know
> > > what you're talking about.
> >
> > Pay no attention to Jill. She's just trying to sound worldly.
> >
> > I've personally never heard of shoyu until you started talking
> > about it here in RFC. I'm willing to bet most ppl around here
> > would be clueless too. Just known as "soy sauce" here.
>
> You're not the most cosmopolitan foodie here. I heard the term
> "shoyu" years ago.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

I heard the term over 60 years ago. Looks like I win. You don't try to
school me on Aloha Shoyu and I won't give you tips on driving in the snow.


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The first time I heard it was here. I learned it from you)