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Re: English phrase
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 12 Nov 1998 02:49:24 GMT
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cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com (Mike Stanley) writes:
> 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?
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> 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.
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.
> Like vanilla ice cream. Yeah, it's good, but it isn't fudge ripple.
Mmmm, great example. Saw, how about that Ben & Jerry's flavor with vanilla
ice cream and caramel and chocolate covered somethingorothers? Yeow! :)
One thing vanilla that I like more than chocolate is vanilla junkfood
pudding -- the ones in the little square lunchbox containers. Powered
stuff?--nope, doesn't cut it. Gotta be Snack Pak or some other junk brand.
:)
Another vanilla thing I like is vanilla foofoo (flavored) coffee. Sometimes
mixed with ameretto foofoo coffee, or sometimes vanilla + Irish creme +
hazelnut + almond + chocolate for the Ultimate Foofoo Blend from God!
--Todd
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| (...) In the spirit of debate: Hmmm... yuk. If it ain't Vanilla or Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, it ain't worth eating. ;) Also, coffee is nasty. ;) Jeff P.S. Give me a nice juicy rare steak and a tall glass of 2% milk anyday. ;) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) 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. (26 years ago, 11-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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