Date:  Thu, 21 Sep 1995 21:47:00 -0700

From:  THOMAS CLARK <tlc[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]NEVADA.EDU>

Subject: Re: culinary excesses



[snip]

Alice Faber writes:



 of course, CIA refers to the _Culinary Institute of America_, training ground for

> high-priced members of the union about which Tom writes. [[note for tourists:

> it's in Hyde Park NY, near the FDR Library, and has several restaurants on

> premises, so the budding chefs can practice...]] Now that I'm thinking about

> it, I don't know whether I'd say /kyu/-linary or /kull/-inary (as in _cull_ or

> _pull_, which have the same vowel for me); I can't imagine /ku/-linary.



Alice: Just think of all those pigeons in Hyde Park: coo-coo-coo! They

were all trained by the CIA. :-)



tlc