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Cheers! Slainte! ¡Salúd! and welcome aBoard. Benvenido.


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Ah! I almost forgot to mention it. Carambola is also a billiards shot. If I understand it correctly, it pertains to hitting one ball so as to send it into two others in three-ball, I believe. Someone Pleeeze Correct Me! It also pertains to serendipity.


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Known in these parts as belimbing. (The e is pronounced as a schwa and often dropped.) For a colour piccy, see http://www.i-2.co.id/travel/fruit_template.asp?ID=1, which also informs us that it is a good hangover cure.

They're quite common here, but I don't really like them. They have a very tart, acidy flavour.

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