[Ads-l] banana

[Laurence Horn]

A Native American dressed up for Halloween as a Martian?

> On Oct 31, 2019, at 4:01 PM, Mark Mandel <markamandel at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> And what does that "watermelon" mean?
> 
> On Thu, Oct 31, 2019, 2:37 AM Dave Hause <dwhause at cablemo.net> wrote:
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>> 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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