RE: Re: "Vanilla" ???

From: Light Castle <light_castle_at_...>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:07:36 -0500

 I'm quite sure it goes back further than that. And I would certainly argue that it hasn't spread mainly as computer jargon, but as a sex description. Mind you, both were somewhat underground cultures, so it's likely impossible to tell.

LC

On 17 Mar 2005 at 19:13, Jane Williams wrote:

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> After a bit of hunting both hard-copy and on-line dictionaries, yes, it
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> presumably you biologists don't - or rather, know the Real meaning, so
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> I never knew vanilla came from an orchid. I thought it came from a
> bottle labelled "vanilla extract". And as a supposed cook, I should be
> ashamed of myself :(
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