Chili Queen & Chiquita & How's tricks?

[Laurence Horn]

>"The very, very tropical equator":  Not to be confused with the
>POLAR equator . . . .

Now now, it's a fixed epithet, like the rosy-fingered dawn...

LH

P.S.  For the bananophiles among you,
http://www.animationarchive.org/2006/05/filmography-chiquita-banana-theatrical.html
is worth a look...

>___________________________________________
>
>---- Original message ----
>>Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:55:37 -0400
>>From: Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
>>Subject: Re: Chili Queen & Chiquita & How's tricks?
>>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>
>>
>>"I'm Chiquita Banana and I've come to say
>>Bananas like to ripen in a certain way!
>>When they are flecked with brown and have a golden hue
>>Bananas taste the best and are best for you!
>>You can put them in a salad
>>You can put them in a pie, ay!
>>Any way you want to eat them
>>It's impossible to beat them
>>But bananas like the climate
>>of the very, very tropical equator
>>So, you should never put bananas
>>In the refrigerator!"
>>
>>-Wilson
>>
>
>------------------------------------------------------------
>The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org