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- From: jonog@g2syd.genasys.com.au (Jonathan Gowland)
- Subject: Re: Canadian English
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.022336.26550@g2syd.genasys.com.au>
- Organization: Genasys II, Sydney, Australia
- References: <1jeb99INNe6d@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <C12z51.I9K@CAM.ORG>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 02:23:36 GMT
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- In article <C12z51.I9K@CAM.ORG> renault@CAM.ORG (Pierre Renault) writes:
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- >Apparently, when an american goes to a choke'n'puke to eat a hamburger,
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^
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- And here's another yet idea for a thread: what are other cute names for
- restaurants (and perhaps other types of establishments)? Here's a list
- to start the ball rolling (I don't know which ones are peculiar to
- Australia):
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- Chew'n'Spew - Chinese restaurant
- The Scottish Restaurant - McDonald's
- Greasy Joe's - independent shop selling hamburgers and similar
- take-away fare
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- - Jonathan Gowland
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- This article was probably generated by a buggy news reader.
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