Date:  Sat, 30 Sep 1995 08:37:58 -0400

From:  "M. Lynne Murphy" <104LYN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MUSE.ARTS.WITS.AC.ZA>

Subject: Re: Switched Candy Names



> I hope this switch hasn't already been mentioned.

> I've heard that the Snickers and Milky Way bar are reversed in

> England (and probably the rest of GB). In the US, the Snickers is

> the one with nuts.



in south africa, there is no milky way, but the mars bar doesn't have

its almonds. snickers is as in u.s. when i said something to a

class about the almondlessness of mars, one student (who had been to

u.s.) said "the americans ruin everything with nuts." (pleasantly

ambiguous statement on its own.)



lynne



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