“You like potato and I like po-tah-to,
You like tomato and I like to-mah-to;
Potato, po-tah-to, tomato, to-mah-to –
Let's call the whole thing off!”

—  Ira Gershwin

"Let's Call the Whole Thing Off", Shall We Dance (1937).

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