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Re: English phrase
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 11 Nov 1998 22:41:29 GMT
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cjc@newsguy(ihatespam).com
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Eric Brok <brok@fcjsvc.hvu.nl> wrote:
> Here's a *really* off-topic question for native English speakers:
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> What does the buzz phrase 'plain vanilla computer' exactly mean?
> A very good (everybody *likes* vanilla) computer or a very boring
> (*everybody* likes vanilla) computer?
I don't think it has to have positive or negative connotations to most
people. It's just plain. Normal. Maybe boring, maybe just nothing
"special" about it.
Like vanilla ice cream. Yeah, it's good, but it isn't fudge ripple.
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| (...) Yeah, I think it means "no frills" or "no extras added yet." Like an undecorated 9"x13" pan cake instead of a wedding cake. Or a 2x4 brick instead of a BURP. Simple but not necessarily bad. (...) Mmmm, great example. Saw, how about that Ben & (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Here's a *really* off-topic question for native English speakers: What does the buzz phrase 'plain vanilla computer' exactly mean? A very good (everybody *likes* vanilla) computer or a very boring (*everybody* likes vanilla) computer? Eric (26 years ago, 11-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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