[Ads-l] banana

[Mark Mandel]

And what does that "watermelon" mean?

On Thu, Oct 31, 2019, 2:37 AM Dave Hause <dwhause at cablemo.net> wrote:

> Watermelon:  green on the outside,a thin white rind, and red through the
> center.
> Dave Hause
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wilson Gray
> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 7:37 PM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: banana
>
> > Besides "Oreo," cf.Native American  "apple": "red on the outside...."
>
> Cf. item Chicano _coconut_ "brown on the outside, ..."
>
> On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 6:51 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Besides "Oreo," cf.Native American  "apple": "red on the outside...."
> >
> > JL
> >
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