Re: Victorian boink?

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:38:29 -0000, Mark Brader posted:

Mark Brader:
And I assumed Sara was going to Melbourne. "Victoria boink" would be
for BC.

Sara Lorimer:
Wait a sec. Why is "Victorian boink" wrong, anyway? It's comparable to
"German boink" instead of "Germany boink" ...

Because in Leftpondia we don't use that construction with anything
smaller than a country. Sam the Record Man was a Toronto institution,
not a Torontonian institution. They're California oranges, not
Californian oranges.

I noticed, in Orange County, California, a number of instances of
menus with the usage "Belgium Waffles". I remarked on this to a
friend, and he said he found it quite normal. I asked if he didn't
think it was equivalent to "France Fries", but he thought not.

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