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- From: nadeau@bcarh1ab.bnr.ca (Rheal Nadeau)
- Subject: Re: Things go better with cola-flavored soft drinks
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.024714.25949@bcrka451.bnr.ca>
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 02:47:14 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov14.213151.6354@dg-rtp.dg.com> cochran@spam.rtp.dg.com (A. Jing Hippy) writes:
- >
- >frigidaire (it is not uncommon to hear a refrigerator referred to using
- > this word in the southeastern U.S.)
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- "Frigidaire" is used this way also in French Canada. There was even
- a popular song a few years ago: "Tant qu'il y aura quelque chose dans
- le frigidaire".
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- The Rhealist - Rheal Nadeau - nadeau@bnr.ca - Speaking only for myself
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