Bloomin' Onion

[Dennis R. Preston]

>Awesome Blossom does not impress me at all - I keep the cot-caught
>vowels quite distinct. For people who say (shudder) "Ahsome
>Blahsome" (both with the vowel of "cot") I reckon it's cutesy (or
>"poertic"). arnold, say you ain't such a conflater!

dInIs

PS: Of course, even as a nonconflater, one might appreciate the
immense subtlety of the half-rhyme I reckon.


>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).
>
>as it happens, my daughter had dinner at an Outback (in san
>francisco) last night, with a visiting australian - who
>*asked* to go there, because he thought the place was just
>such a weird experience.  he did wonder what went with a
>Bloomin' Onion - a Bloody Steak, perhaps?
>
>arnold (zwicky at csli.stanford.edu)

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Dennis R. Preston
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