"Bruce" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 06 Apr 2016 00:09:17 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 06 Apr 2016 07:52:42 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 05 Apr 2016 14:37:33 -0700, sf > wrote:
>>>
>>> >On Tue, 5 Apr 2016 03:41:06 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> >>
>>> >> And I see below that he was thinking of chunks of pumpkin in a can,
>>> >> rather than a can of puree. I can see where he'd think that, since
>>> >> it took quite a while for any of us to say that canned pumpkin is
>>> >> pureed.
>>> >
>>> >We're all speaking English, but it might as well be another language.
>>>
>>> But if you look at the title of this thread, "Canned pumpkin
>>> shortage". Not "Canned pumpkin puree shortage".
>>
>>Why?
>
> I'm just explaining why a non-American misunderstands.
>
>>We know it's pureed. It doesn't even say puree on the label.
>>http://momspotted.com/wp-content/upl...bys-Pumkin.jpg
>
> Even in Spanish it doesn't say it.

Just a small comment here ... when I was talking to MrD I said
'grill/broiler' to make it more clear, because I knew the general word.
Using your own description without knowing the US equivalent is not a matter
for reprimand or humiliation.

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