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  • slimgirljo15
    slimgirljo15 Posts: 269,452 Member
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    Why is it we call a dried plum a prune, a dried grape a sultana ..yet no other word for dried apricot?
  • Strivetobebetter76
    Strivetobebetter76 Posts: 1,784 Member
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    Haha, this made me chuckle this morning... one exception, we didn't wear helmets in the 80's

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  • dc8066
    dc8066 Posts: 1,439 Member
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    slimgirljo15 wrote: »
    Why is it we call a dried plum a prune, a dried grape a sultana ..yet no other word for dried apricot?

    There is a word for dried apricots, 'curaga' (or 'kuraga'), but not in English
  • MrStabbems
    MrStabbems Posts: 3,110 Member
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    Strivetobebetter76 wrote: »
    Haha, this made me chuckle this morning... one exception, we didn't wear helmets in the 80's

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    Having seen head and neck injuries with and without helmets first hand, I'd rather be called a *kitten* and wear a helmet thanks.
    ..and I was born in the 80's.
  • Strivetobebetter76
    Strivetobebetter76 Posts: 1,784 Member
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    MrStabbems wrote: »
    Strivetobebetter76 wrote: »
    Haha, this made me chuckle this morning... one exception, we didn't wear helmets in the 80's

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    Having seen head and neck injuries with and without helmets first hand, I'd rather be called a *kitten* and wear a helmet thanks.
    ..and I was born in the 80's.

    I'm not knocking head and neck injuries cuz they certainly are nothing to laugh about. I just thought the meme was funny and gave me a chuckle. As a kid, I had no cares. But now that I'm older, of course I prefer to be more safe.
  • slimgirljo15
    slimgirljo15 Posts: 269,452 Member
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    dc8066 wrote: »
    slimgirljo15 wrote: »
    Why is it we call a dried plum a prune, a dried grape a sultana ..yet no other word for dried apricot?

    There is a word for dried apricots, 'curaga' (or 'kuraga'), but not in English

    Lol..yeah ..I should have specified in english :)

    It was actually a question posed to me by my son.
  • gcibsthom
    gcibsthom Posts: 30,145 Member
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    from Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice

    "The quality of mercy is not strain'd,
    It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven..."

    But I ask you....if the quality of mercy is not strain'd, how do you keep it from getting lumpy?
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    Something is seriously wrong with the education system when the most common adult nightmare is that you're still in school.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    edited May 2017
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    slimgirljo15 wrote: »
    Why is it we call a dried plum a prune, a dried grape a sultana ..yet no other word for dried apricot?

    Sultana? Did I just learn what they call raisins down under?
  • slimgirljo15
    slimgirljo15 Posts: 269,452 Member
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    cee134 wrote: »
    slimgirljo15 wrote: »
    Why is it we call a dried plum a prune, a dried grape a sultana ..yet no other word for dried apricot?

    Sultana? Did I just learn what they call raisins down under?

    We have both Cee..raisins are larger in appearance..sultanas darker ..
    I found this..not sure if its 100% though as somewhere said raisins were a different grape..
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  • slimgirljo15
    slimgirljo15 Posts: 269,452 Member
    edited May 2017
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    In the USA and Canada, the name "raisin" is applied to all dried grapes, so that the breakfast cereal known as "sultana bran" in Australia and the United Kingdom is called raisin bran in the United States andCanada.[2]

    Technically Cee I guess you are correct....you would call our sultanas raisins..

    Here you can buy boxes of sultanas or raisins..both available
  • browneyedgirl749
    browneyedgirl749 Posts: 4,984 Member
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    Sea salt mix does really work for pain on nose piercings.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    slimgirljo15 wrote: »
    cee134 wrote: »
    slimgirljo15 wrote: »
    Why is it we call a dried plum a prune, a dried grape a sultana ..yet no other word for dried apricot?

    Sultana? Did I just learn what they call raisins down under?

    We have both Cee..raisins are larger in appearance..sultanas darker ..
    I found this..not sure if its 100% though as somewhere said raisins were a different grape..
    k9rlqrurifu7.png

    In the store I think they just call them golden raisins.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    In fifteen years, I'll be complaining to kids that they don't make memes like they used to.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    With various things in life, I either find myself giving too many *kitten* or no *kitten* at all. It's like I can't find a middle ground for moderate *kitten* distribution.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    Does my cat think the pizza delivery guy is my owner because he brings me food?
  • slimgirljo15
    slimgirljo15 Posts: 269,452 Member
    edited June 2017
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    So happy to be here @Vikka_V
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    View from pub..ocean is only 100metres away .


  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
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    omg @slimgirljo15 you are in my dream location!
    Thank-you for sharing!
    Someday I hope to visit Australia. I would love to live by the ocean...anywhere...that is kinda my life goal right now!
  • slimgirljo15
    slimgirljo15 Posts: 269,452 Member
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    Vikka_V wrote: »
    omg @slimgirljo15 you are in my dream location!
    Thank-you for sharing!
    Someday I hope to visit Australia. I would love to live by the ocean...anywhere...that is kinda my life goal right now!

    :) Im a lucky girl
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    slimgirljo15 wrote: »
    So happy to be here @Vikka_V
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    hoc7dn74l173.png

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    View from pub..ocean is only 100metres away .


    Is that South West Rocks, Australia?

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