wednesday, july 12, 2006
Apples and other exciting things
A long time ago, people called all kinds of fruits and vegetables “apples”.
- Bananas
- “Long apples” and “apples of paradise” [1].
- Pineapples
- Apples that look like pinecones.
- Potatoes
- “Earth apples” in Hebrew, French, and possibly other languages.
- Cucumbers
- Also “earth apples”.
- Oranges
- In Hebrew, a contraction of “golden apples”.
- Pomegranates
- Grainy apples.
In other news, I am moving to San Francisco in a week or so because del.icio.us is internifying me this summer. Yes, this is rockingly awesome and I am rather excited. You will be updated.
Update 7/12/06 11:37: Also tomatoes! Pomodoro is “golden apple” in Italian.
comments (6)
Hmm, well, they're definitely not fungi.
Have fun with your internifiyingtrons!
– Douglas Thrift on 7/2/2006 01:34:00
Indeed, potatoes are called "earth apples" in Dutch as well.
– Vulcar Zorki on 7/3/2006 07:05:14
So when people say "you're comparing apples and oranges" you can say "EXACTLY!"
– pokey on 7/3/2006 21:14:02
San Francisco, YAY! I'll be up there in about a month, so ... let me know.
– Lauren on 7/5/2006 19:22:33
Don't forget the "custard apple" or cherimoya. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherimoya>. San Francisco is great; I came out here almost 10 years ago and forgot to return to the East Coast.
– Seth Milliken on 7/6/2006 18:19:06
Hey, while you're at del.icio.us, maybe try to get them to bring back the old start page!
By the way, this has got to be the first "personal" blog that I've read without an intense desire to vomit. +20 points for that.
– Zach on 7/12/2006 10:23:42
comments are off. for new comments, my email address is brittag@gmail.com.
