Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jack McLain wrote: > > I suspect the liberal hollywood big-wigs would "squash" the concept; the > fear of pumpkin anti-defamation lash-back would drive them out of their > gourds and they would have no way to patch it up. > > Jack McLain > Tucson, AZ > I'm spilling coffee al over my thank god dark blue shirt and looked up pumpkin to try to think of a joke. ... to try to find a synonym of a pumpkin..... Pumpkin (pīmp2k*n, pīm2-, pīng2-) n. 1.a. A coarse, trailing vine (Cucurbita pepo) widely cultivated for its fruit. b. The large pulpy round fruit of this plant, having a thick, orange-yellow rind and numerous seeds. c. Any of several other vines of the genus Cucurbita, especially C. maxima or C. moschata, bearing large pumpkinlike squashes. They seem to be implying that the Pumpkin is the vine itself. What grows on the end is the fruit of the pumpkin. I'll have to keep that in mind and correct people when they make that mistake for now on. "No NO that's not a PUMPKIN! That's a fruit of a PUMPKIN!" Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabinergroup.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html