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Re: English phrase
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 12 Nov 1998 02:45:37 GMT
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Todd Lehman wrote:
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> cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com (Mike Stanley) writes:
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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?
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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.
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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.
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> > Like vanilla ice cream. Yeah, it's good, but it isn't fudge ripple.
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> Mmmm, great example. Saw, how about that Ben & Jerry's flavor with vanilla
> ice cream and caramel and chocolate covered somethingorothers? Yeow! :)
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> 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.
> :)
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> 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!
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> --Todd
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. ;)
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