Date:         Fri, 21 Dec 2001 23:27:37 -0600
Reply-To:     Marshall <mjruskin@HOME.COM>
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From:         Marshall <mjruskin@HOME.COM>
Subject:      Re: whats the white creme under the heat sink?
Comments: To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
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Is not!

It's the French-Canadian adjective that describes something of inferior
quality, ie: "He got a creme deal, dat one!"

Well, it's what Jean Chretien uses, anyway.

Marshall Ruskin
84 Westy, Aloha from Winnipeg, come chill with us!


----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Wolz" <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 09:05 PM
Subject: Re: whats the white creme under the heat sink?


> Andrew,
>
> It's in Merriam Webster, dated from 1845.  Refers to either an alternative
> spelling for cream or, more usually, an artificial creamy substance, like
> the filling in Twinkies, etc.
>
> Karl Wolz
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Grebneff" <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 2:18 AM
> Subject: Re: whats the white creme under the heat sink?
>
>
> > There's no such thing as creme. Puhleez leave this to the illiterate
> > manufacturers of soaps. The word is CREAM, which not only covers the
> > concentrated modified cow sweat, but also the more artificial
> > products with a creamy consistency. Creme (with accent on first e) is
> > the FRENCH word for cow cream.
> >
> > --
> > Andrew Grebneff
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