"Dee Dee" > wrote in message
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> "James Silverton" > wrote in
> message news:OpzCi.4817$3R5.3755@trnddc05...
>> ChattyCathy wrote on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:54:54 +0200:
>>
>> C> Vote now! (or not)
>>
>> C> Thanks go to Andy for this one.
>>
>> I guess I was first but I've won before :-) When I first came
>> to the US I quickly learned in a Cornell University cafeteria
>> that, if I wanted to get it on my hamburger, it was called
>> tomayto! On the other hand, didn't the quintessential New
>> Englander, Julia Child, say tomahto?
>>
>> James Silverton
>> Potomac, Maryland
>
> Julia was b. in CA. Went to Smith. I don't know where she
> spent her growing-up time.
> Dee Dee

As I recall, you are quite correct but it certainly seems that
Smith really took! My own accent and intonation dates from
college days (not Cornell) I'll admit tho' I don't get much
chance to check it.



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Jim Silverton
Potomac, Maryland