To: lbryce
I grew up in New York, born in 1950, and the word was pretty much verboten in polite society and in Catholic school schoolyards. Of course we did have the word melanzana, which sort of meant the same thing.
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
means eggplant in italian - not sure on the spelling or correct pronunciation
27 posted on
10/05/2011 3:35:15 AM PDT by
Revelation 911
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