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From: das@ucla-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: The singular form of "broccoli"
Message-ID: <2376@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 24-Nov-84 20:36:38 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov 24 20:36:38 1984
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Reply-To: das@ucla-cs.UUCP (David Smallberg (das@ucla-cs.ARPA))
Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department
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Summary: 

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	>The vegetable, broccoli, was developed early in this century by an
	>Italian gentleman named Broccoli - a relative, BTW, of film producer
	>Cubby Broccoli, of 007 fame.
	>                               Rod Williams

I didn't see a ":-)" here, so I assume you're being serious.
<flame on> Doesn't anyone around here know how to use a dictionary? <flame off>

"broccoli", Italian plural of "broccolo", meaning "a sprout", diminutive of
"brocco", from Medieval Latin "brocca", meaning "a spike", from Latin
"broccus", meaning "with projecting teeth".