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To: Zhang Fei

In America, we say “tomayto,” “potayto” and “ba-nan-a.” In England, they say “tomahto,” “potahto” and “banahna.”


87 posted on 02/13/2015 5:23:41 PM PST by Rufii
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To: Rufii

“In England, they say “tomahto,” “potahto” and “banahna.””

Nobody says potahto. It’s deliberate gibberish for comic effect from a Gershwin song.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/english/potato
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/english/tomato
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/english/banana


90 posted on 02/13/2015 7:33:03 PM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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