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0 pointsggm2y ago0 comments

Fruit naming is a disaster. Breadfruit have very little wheat in them and a pineapple is not a pine or an apple.

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hprotagonist2y ago· 1 in thread

not just fruit; would you care for a sweetbread sandwich?

Tao33002y ago

I'd love one. Sounds offal.

stevehawk2y ago

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/134659/why-is-pi...

case in point

tdeck2y ago

It's called a pineapple because it looks like a pinecone, and pineapple is an older term for a pinecone (the "apple" being a somewhat archaic generic term for fruits).

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