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English discoverers be naming fruit like (sopuli.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I imagine the naming of pineapple unironically was like

"Oi bruv this looks like a pinecone but i can eat it like an apple! It's a Pine Apple innit!?"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Funny story, what we call pine cones today used to be called pineapples. When the term pine cone took over, it left behind the fruit we still call a pineapple.

Also, bananas have been called "long apples" and eggplants "love apples." Basically "apple" was a descriptor meaning "fruit."