Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 16:10:07 -0600

From: Mary Bucholtz bucholtz[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]TAMU.EDU

Subject: Re: mangoes=peppers



Gee, I haven't heard that in years. It was common in rural northwestern

Indiana twenty years ago. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.



Mary



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Just a quick question till I can check my sources--what is the extent of

mango as the term for sweet green peppers? I just encountered it for the

first time today and it is apparently quite common in central Illinois (of

course I've been here over 20 years and never heard it).





Dennis



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