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<font face="Tahoma">For what it's worth, in my part of S.E. England, hazelnuts
were what you picked from the tree, but if you bought them in the store,
they were called cobs. I'm not even sure if that name still persists.
Is there any place in N. America where the term cob is used?</font><font face="Tahoma"></font>
<p><font face="Tahoma">William Stone</font>
<br><font face="Tahoma">Linguistics Department</font>
<br><font face="Tahoma">N. E. Illinois University</font>
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