>Jeff B. Kurland wrote:
>>
>> Translib Pty. Ltd. wrote:
>> >and we will never go back to it!! Alternatively, ask anyone from U.S.
>> >and I am certain there are no milkbars as such. Supermarket selling
>> >MetCards? I doubt it!!
>>
>> So...(U.S. speaking...) what's a milkbar?
>>
>> Is it what we might call a "mom & pop" grocery store?
>
>
>It is what we now call a Delicatessen due to the influx of people
>from Southern Europe after WWII. It is operated by a family so I
>guess "Mom and Pop" grocery store would describe it well enough.
Its what *you* call a Deli, in SA, but here in Victoria it is
certainly, most definitely, called a Milk Bar.
>The Kiwi's call it a Dairy but from my observation there are not a lot
>of cows there.
Presumably you mean "not a lot of cows in the Dairy", rather than "not
a lot of cows in NZ" :-)
Cheers...JD
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