"Mango" for Green Peppers

[Beverly Flanigan]

Dave Bergdahl wrote a piece on this for AmSpch some years ago--citation, Dave?

At 08:08 AM 10/9/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello:
>
>I was remembering that my mother from Eastern Pennsylvania used to
>call green peppers "mangos". Her friend from Indiana did the same,
>and I have also heard that it was used in Ohio.
>
>Does anyone know the origin of this use of "mango"?
>
>Thank you in advance
>
>Elizabeth
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