Oh, man! If you have a Trader Joe's nearby, get their frozen mango chunks! Those things rock!
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Just as an interesting cross-cultural note (and this will actually be news to most U.S. BBSers, too, since this is very localized): In parts of Indiana and Ohio, bellpeppers are commonly called "mangoes." Nobody seems to know why. I mean, the real thing is readily available here now, of course, so everybody knows the difference, but you can't change 100 years' worth of custom in just a couple decades.
Presumably this wasn't a problem back when fresh pineapples were considered exotic, but it's still a little problematic these days, when you'll sometimes go into a grocery store selling real mangos and you'll see a sign that says something like this:
Mangos
(fruit)
$3.99/pound
A few years ago, my sister was in a Mexican restaurant here in Indiana and she ordered a mango margarita, and when it came, it was this really lovely color. A couple of ladies at the next table noticed it and asked her what it was, and when she said "It's a mango margarita," they looked horrified and appalled. It suddenly dawned on her what the problem was, and so she quickly added "It's made of fruit mangoes." "Oh, thank goodness!" the ladies said.
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Presumably this wasn't a problem back when fresh pineapples were considered exotic, but it's still a little problematic these days, when you'll sometimes go into a grocery store selling real mangos and you'll see a sign that says something like this:
Mangos
(fruit)
$3.99/pound
A few years ago, my sister was in a Mexican restaurant here in Indiana and she ordered a mango margarita, and when it came, it was this really lovely color. A couple of ladies at the next table noticed it and asked her what it was, and when she said "It's a mango margarita," they looked horrified and appalled. It suddenly dawned on her what the problem was, and so she quickly added "It's made of fruit mangoes." "Oh, thank goodness!" the ladies said.
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That's amazing! I don't think there's anything that bad here, but I am forever having to ask my friend "what do Canadians call this?" because I can never find anything in the store!
^ Personally, I think it's cute. I also think it's cute, though sometimes confusing, that "toboggan" can refer to both (1) a sled thing without runners and (2) a knitted hat. The first time my husband, a native Hoosier, told me I should put on a toboggan before I went outside because it was cold, well...it took us a minute or two to get everything straight. But I still think it's cute.
What can I say? I adore regionalisms.
What can I say? I adore regionalisms.
Knitted hats are called toques up here - took me a while to figure that one out! The little trampledamages are growing up bi-lingual in Canadian and English 
I let them defrost in the fridge. I was going to eat them in a bowl of cereal, but I decided I liked eating them by themselves. They're really tart since there's no added sugar or sweetener. Also, they've been in their own juices, so I'm dripping red all over the place.
If I ever film a horror story, I'll use juice from defrosted raspberries for fake blood.
I have a freezer packed with frozen fruit and juice concentrate. I make smoothies out of almost daily, to get a little nutrition and keep cool without A/C.
Knitted hats are called toques up here - took me a while to figure that one out! The little trampledamages are growing up bi-lingual in Canadian and English
sorry for intruding on your thread, ladies, but I felt I must point something out to t-damage: Just sit the little ones down in front of The Red Green Show. Every Canadianism (and Canadian politician) I know, I learned from it.
Knitted hats are called toques up here - took me a while to figure that one out! The little trampledamages are growing up bi-lingual in Canadian and English
sorry for intruding on your thread, ladies, but I felt I must point something out to t-damage: Just sit the little ones down in front of The Red Green Show. Every Canadianism (and Canadian politician) I know, I learned from it.
Ooh, look- it's a BOY!
^ Like I said, I'm sorry for intruding... 
^ Like I said, I'm sorry for intruding...
No no no! You're more than welcome. Sit. Have a Appletini.
Oh, and don't mind those fluffy pink pillows. We redecorated.
*backs away slowly to the safety of beer, hot dogs and Section 203 of the bleachers* 
^ Like I said, I'm sorry for intruding...
No no no! You're more than welcome. Sit. Have a Appletini.
Oh, and don't mind those fluffy pink pillows. We redecorated.
Yay, pink!
^ Like I said, I'm sorry for intruding...
No no no! You're more than welcome. Sit. Have a Appletini.
Oh, and don't mind those fluffy pink pillows. We redecorated.
Yay, pink!
See, now you're at the cool kids table
Sorry to double post, but I just saw this.
DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU SEE IN PRINT OR WEB. REPEAT: DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU SEE IN PRINT OR WEB.
It's not a matter of 'probably' when it comes to photoshopping people in advertising, although news and media that try to approach the subject will use wishy-washy terms to not offend their sponsorships. Its unthinkable in the industry to not heavily retouch every one and every thing, be it fashion, products, etc and that is after the photographer, stylist, wardrobe and makeup people have employed every lighting trick in the book to slim and smooth.
The only subject that gets photoshopped more than cars, is women. The things retouchers do to women via pixel manipulation would blow your mind if you saw it in action. I've been asked to take 60lbs and 30 years off of women more times than I can remember. I've been asked to add 2 or 3 cup sizes, more times than I can remember. I've been asked to alter hair color and even ethnicity, more times than i can remember. Once, I was even asked to pop off a woman's head, elongate and thin her neck by several inches, and then put her facial features back on a different head and attach it to the stretched neck.
My days of judging myself against advertising and fashion imagery came to an abrupt end on the first of day of Photoshop 101 in photography school. The women you see in magazines, in their pre-styled, pre-lighting, pre-'shopped forms, don't look as different from you and me as consumer-motivated media will have you believe.
On the subject of using the term 'real woman' to describe some sort of highly unscientific and arbitary norm. I've lost count of how many times my membership to the female sex has been voided by the term "real women" followed by unqualified yet highly judgemental and absolute measurements of physical worth, both here on the BBS and in RL. So, its not a term I care for. I understand the defensiveness and frustration behind the sentiment. I understand being unable to find clothes that fit because your body does not 'measure up' to fashion standard. But, I'm even more aware of the distorted expectations put out there since through my profession I've become intimately aquainted with the man behind the curtain aka the mechanism behind the media driving all this insanity, and I know how it tears us apart inside, and causes us to tear one another apart (sometimes unwittingly).
It is so sad and so frustrating to see people of all shapes and sizes hinge their self-worth, and judge one another's worth, on some frankly absurd physical ideal.
Thank you for sharing that Bears. When the little miss gets older, I might print this out in big letters and wallpaper her room with it!
Wait, so you're saying boobs on the internet aren't real?
Wait, so you're saying boobs on the internet aren't real?
Sorry man. It's all my fault.
Knitted hats are called toques up here - took me a while to figure that one out! The little trampledamages are growing up bi-lingual in Canadian and English
sorry for intruding on your thread, ladies, but I felt I must point something out to t-damage: Just sit the little ones down in front of The Red Green Show. Every Canadianism (and Canadian politician) I know, I learned from it.
Oh for goodness sake! What a stereotypical response from an American. We do NOT all speak like the Red Green Show (which is a parody of Canadian stereotypes).
Believe it or not, we are an intellegent, well spoken people. I call a knitted hat a hat.
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