whip cream in the cherry, wide soul

Mon Jan 14 05:04:56 UTC 2008

>"Whip cream in the cherry" is an interesting image -- "cherry on the
>whip(ped) cream" would probably make more sense for most people.

"Whipped cream and a cherry" would make more sense for me. This MIGHT
be a case of something spoken like /nn@/ or /@n@/ or /In@/ originally
representing "and a" but taken as "in the".

-- Doug Wilson

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