"Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> "Tiger Lily" > wrote in message
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>>> On 3/19/2011 12:28 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> Tiger Lily wrote:
>>>>> On 3/17/2011 4:15 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>> > wrote in message
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>>>>>>> On 18/03/2011 7:14 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>>> Ozgirl wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> There is very little sugar in cinnamon sugar compared to cinnamon.
>>>>>>>>> And I don't put much on. Lucky if 1/8 teaspoon is sugar. But we
>>>>>>>>> didn't invent this. It became popular here after the introduction
>>>>>>>>> of American style steakhouses.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That's weird because our steakhouses don't serve sweet potatoes at
>>>>>>>> all. They serve French fries, steak fries and baked potatoes.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We also have Outback Steakhouse, purportedly an Austrailian style
>>>>>>>> place with
>>>>>>>> Bloomin' Onions. This is an onion cut to look like a flower,
>>>>>>>> battered and
>>>>>>>> deep fried. Quite nasty and greasy it is.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have heard about that place I don't think there is too many
>>>>>>> Aussies involved with it, I haven't heard an Aussie say "blooming"
>>>>>>> since umm ummm *ever* :-) Now if they were Bloody onions, that
>>>>>>> would show an Aussie involved in it somewhere.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ewww.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Julie, read 'damned' instead of Bloody, you will get a better
>>>>> interpretation
>>>>> i await further clarification from "countries divided by a common
>>>>> language"
>>>>
>>>> I don't know. I worked with a woman from England. Her husband was
>>>> from
>>>> Australian. One of them gave me a different definition of the word.
>>>> Not
>>>> one I could say with little children around.
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>>> that was very leading............. i thought my interpretation was
>>> pretty clear
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>>> care to eludicate?
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>> I was told it had to do with the bleeding that occurs with the taking of
>> virginity. Of course they could have just been messing with me.
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> Could have been. As Kate said, the best word to compare it with would be
> damn. As to to the blooming onions, we can't lay claim to those :
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blooming_onion

I googled the word and came up with another definition. Something about the
blood of Christ. Also saw that the word was pretty much considered not
polite at all to use until about the 80's.