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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 9:53 am
1. the season before winter is SUMMER! (remember this is northern california!) 2.avocado 3. casserole 4. creek (pronounced crick - hangover from my aunt joyce from virginia) 5. icing
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 9:59 am
1. fall 2. avacado 3. casserole 4. stream 5. frosting or icing
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Llkoolaid
Member
08-01-2001
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 10:06 am
1. fall 2. avacado 3. casserole 4. brook 5. frosting/icing
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Max
Member
08-12-2000
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 10:16 am
Fall Avacado Casserole Creek (too small for a river) Frostig or icing
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Max
Member
08-12-2000
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 10:20 am
Hey, Landi, I grew up in Northern California -- in the mountains -- and we had all four seasons. Oh, and sometimes we did say "crick" along with "ain't". Small town, country ways, I guess.
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Conejo
Member
08-23-2002
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 10:21 am
Fall Avacado casserole creek icing
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 11:17 am
Autumn Avocado Not quite sure what that is, it looks like some kind of pasta dish to me, so that's what I'd call it. Definitely wouldn't call it a casserole, to me a casserole is a meat and veg dish like a stew. stream, creek if it's smaller icing Do some people call an avocado something else?
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 11:49 am
actually for #1, here in the Napa Valley we call the season before winter - Crush. it's right after summer and when everyone picks the grapes. noone here really calls it fall or autumn. it's Spring/Summer/Crush/Winter
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 11:56 am
Fall um... I'm confused by what else this thing could be called?? Does anyone call it anything BUT an avocado?? casserole -- that's funny, Kitt, cause I equate a casserole with pasta, meat and veg, like tuna casserole with egg noodles... stream icing.
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 12:05 pm
All the same as Karen's, except frosting for the last one (or poison, lol).
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 12:33 pm
Karen, the answer is, yes. But, obviously, no one from "there" has checked in yet.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 12:34 pm
Nope, no pasta in our casseroles, ever. But we do call the dish that's made in a 'casserole dish' though!
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 12:42 pm
Autumn Alligator Pear Pasta-role The one in the picture looked liked a River (my determination of stream, creek, river is based on depth, width, and difficulty in crossing) Frosting

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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 1:21 pm
Alligator pear? wow. I've heard everything now.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 3:23 pm
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 3:25 pm
I learned it when I went to Britain in HS. Since I also learned on that trip that I am allergic to them,that is the name that sticks with me more often than not...cause it definitely bit and attacked me!

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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 4:34 pm
1. Fall. 2. Avocado. 3. Casserole. 4. Creek, stream, river (depending on size). 5. Frosting. Trivia note: Fallbrook, California (just north of San Diego) is the Avocado Capital of the world. No wonder I eat so many avocados each week!
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 7:10 pm
Fall Avocado Casserole Stream Frosting
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 8:29 pm
Fall Avocado Casserole creek or stream frosting
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 8:34 pm
Avocados
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 8:42 pm
So glad to see all of us learning more about other areas of the country/world. This is my offering for the evening. A bit of poking gentle fun at Texans and the way they talk. (Just trying to take some of the heat off of us Mainers.)
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Abby7
Member
07-17-2002
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 8:45 pm
I once heard a funny story about an appliance salesman in the midwest. He was selling applicances in the 60/70's. When explaining the colors of the applicances he pronounced avocado: a (short a)- voke(long o)- a(short a) -doe (i thought that was a cute story).
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 10:22 pm
I think this link has a better definition (more accurate) of how the avocado became known as an alligator pear. And no matter what they are called, they are darned good for you! Yummy, too!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 6:18 am
Tidying up some loose ends here. I forgot to say that doughnuts are also called “olicooks,” “sinkers,” and “fried cakes.” Avocados are called “alligator pears” just as Lk pointed out and also “avocado pears.” "Crush" is a word for fall that I had never heard (haven’t heard of many of these actually). Thanks, Landi, for telling us; it seems like a very apt description and could hold true here in apple country as well. The reason that I included fall was because it is now officially an “archaic” term in Britain since it is no longer used to describe autumn. Interesting, eh? Creeks, etc. are also sometimes called “kills” and “rills.” Think that’s it, but I’ll catch up later, if not. Today’s What Do You Call...it?
This product is known most often as cottage cheese, but what do you call it?
What do children do who sit on either end of a plank and go up and down?
What do you call this ubiquitous animal that is black with a big white stripe down its back?
What do you call this footgear made for mud or rainy weather?
What do you call this area where vendors sell their fresh produce outside in booths?
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 6:26 am
uh..cottage cheese like it says see saw skunk rainboots produce stand
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