Re: Potato power

From: msb@xxxxxxx (Mark Brader)
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 23:13:51 -0000

Prai Jei, or Paul Townsend, writes:
> British English favours the turnip for this comparison, hence the
> famous headline Swedes 2 Turnips 0...

It should perhaps be pointed out that in British English "swede" means
a rutabaga.
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