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Originally Posted by soulfuldog
Great, that's two of us who have learned something new today. Those pesky American's mangling yet another word (says me with my terribly slang Glaswegian accent!) 
That looks just about spot on HarryT, you can hear it here.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/pron...nglish/oregano |
Have you encountered the mysterious "rutabaga" yet in your exploration of American vegetables? It's the American name for what we call a "swede". I first came across that one in a David Eddings fantasy novel, where someone was described as a "rutabaga farmer". For years I thought it was a name made up for Eddings' fantasy world
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