> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Marc Wambeke
>
> > On Wed, 5 Dec 2007 12:17:44 -0500, Ed Philbrook
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Dinges is Belgian(?) for the waffle toppings. He is Belgian.
> >
> > EdP
> >
>
> Actually, we don't speak Belgian over here.
> We speak mainly Dutch or French and the Dutch word 'Dinges'
> is not really a synonym for 'toppings'.
> It's a word you use when you don't immediately find the right
> word for something. English equivalents : 'thingummy',
> 'what-d'you-call-it' . . .
The most generic term for something that is not a discrete object is
"stuff". :-) "I'll have a waffle with some stuff on it."
-jc-
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