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@InfraBlue,

InfraBlue wrote:

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I can't find a dictionary definition for squash at all, except as a verb.

squash 1 (skw sh, skwôsh)
n.
1. Any of various tendril-bearing plants of the genus Cucurbita, having fleshy edible fruit with a leathery rind and unisexual flowers.
2. The fruit of any of these plants, eaten as a vegetable.
[From alteration of Narragansett askútasquash.]

Ha. Sounds like the US began calling pumpkins squashes from the Narragansett.

Which is odd....cos the English have pumpkins, right?

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@Ticomaya,

I call bullshit.

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@Roberta,

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Sturgis, I just checked. Fresh Direct has butternut squash. I think it was $1.49 a pound.

I appreciate that, thank you.

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@dlowan,

dlowan wrote:

I call bullshit.

Seriously?

I thought rabbits were known for their good eyesight.

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@dlowan,

dlowan wrote:

Ha. Sounds like the US began calling pumpkins squashes from the Narragansett.
Which is odd....cos the English have pumpkins, right?

Nothing odd about it. The early English settlers in North America often adopted local native words in preference to words they brought over from the old country. (If I think of other examples, I'll let you know. Right now I'm too busy surfing to go looking into vocab books or sites.)

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@Ticomaya,

Ticomaya wrote:

dlowan wrote:
I call bullshit.

Seriously?

I thought rabbits were known for their good eyesight.

So bring on the yellow circle of truth!

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@dlowan,

http://askyaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/20080110-optical-illusion-circles.jpg

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@Region Philbis,

My eyes will never be the same. I'm hearing strange sounds now...

...never mind it was just my neighbor breathing.

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@Region Philbis,

It may be a yellowish circle, but where's the truth?

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@Roberta,

In the butternut squash, scheduled for delivery tomorrow.

Thanks again!

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@Sturgis,

I didn't place an order. The next time I order something, I'd be glad to include a butternut squash.

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@Roberta,

Squash? Wasn't there a large apish creature by such a name? Help me out here.

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@dlowan,

dlowan wrote:

So bring on the yellow circle of truth!

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/825/clr5.png

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@patiodog,

Only time I've seen jai alai was in Tijuana when I was seventeen, there with some friends (an oddly safe but adventurous experience for a complete dodo like me at the time, that whole trip). It was fun to watch - it was only later that I read that it can be quite a furious game - incredible ball speed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jai_alai

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@Ticomaya,

The detritis with the sparkly head..

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@gustavratzenhofer,

gustavratzenhofer wrote:

Squash? Wasn't there a large apish creature by such a name? Help me out here.

Nup.

I don't care how missed and glamorous you are, I cannot cohabit with a lie.

Straighten out and fly right if you wish to travel on Bun Airways.

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@Ticomaya,

The Emperor has no clothes.

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@dlowan,

And he's a tad redolent of Roasted Sumatran Blend.

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@jespah,

The Sasquatch?

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@dlowan,

Or the Emperor. I get them confused a lot.

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