Bloomin' Onion

[Dennis R. Preston]

>whut ah sed.

dInIs



>Arnold Zwicky said:
>>there was mention, a few days ago, of a dispute between
>>Outback and Chili's over the use of this name.  Chili's has
>>gone for the name Awesome Blossom, which i prefer on poetic
>>grounds (though its failure to refer clearly to onions might
>>be viewed as a point against it).
>
>It's a little less poetic for thems of us for whom COT and CAUGHT aren't
>homophonous. I actually had to explain that name to my sister (a
>non-linguist, though she'd count as a talented amateur).
>
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