Re: 14th

From	Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com>
Newsgroups	alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup
Subject	Re: 14th
Date	2023-02-23 12:40 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<XnsAFB44E232F63FKamilot@88.198.57.247> (permalink)
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BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
news:tt5s04$1jfvl$5@dont-email.me: 

> On 21.02.2023 20.36, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>> news:tt0q3m$sb3n$5@dont-email.me: 
>> 
>>> On 19.02.2023 20.59, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>> news:tsrrf8$5qme$8@dont-email.me: 
>>>>
>>>>> On 2/17/23 13:10, Merlyne wrote:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I had dinner in my kitchen, prepared by the fabulous Chef K.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Uhhh... fancy. I had a sandwich in front of the teevee.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can't remember what I had that night. Probably left over turkey
>>>>>> dinner from the weekend.
>>>>>> I try not to eat carbs in the evening, says she who had pizza
>>>>>> last night. Oh! The irony!
>>>>>
>>>>> With pineapple?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No pineapple.
>>>
>>> Pity. Pineapple is good...
>>>
>> I love fresh raw pineapple.
>> It's odd that English seems to be the only language where the
>> pineapple is not something like anananas....
> 
> Yeah, english is weird in so many ways (and not just the language).

Be nice...
We don't want to turn into one of *those* newsfroups...

> Admittedly a lot of the language weirdness is because it's sourced
> from so many different places. Pineapple however, is all their own
> doing: 
> 
> <quote>
> pineapple (n.)
> 
> late 14c., pin-appel, "pine cone," from pine (n.) + apple. The
> reference to the fruit of the tropical plant (from resemblance of
> shape) is recorded by 1660s, and pine-cone emerged 1690s to replace
> pineapple in its original sense except in dialect. For "pine-cone,"
> Old English also used pinhnyte "pine nut." Pine-apple also was used in
> a late 14c. Biblical translation for "pomegranate."
> </quote>
> [https://www.etymonline.com/word/pineapple]
> 
> It's just not logical.

Pineapple <> pomegranite.
The Latin name for pineapple is Ananas so I guess other languages derive 
from that and the English word is their own invention from observation.
It's a giant pinecone!

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14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-14 20:48 +0100
  Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-15 20:34 +0000
    Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-16 21:20 +0000
      Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-17 12:10 +0000
        Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-19 01:45 +0100
          Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-19 19:59 +0000
            Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-20 22:52 +0100
              Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-21 19:36 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-22 20:55 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-23 12:40 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-24 18:54 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-25 15:04 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-26 00:02 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-26 14:40 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-27 21:08 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-28 13:02 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-01 10:26 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-01 13:02 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-02 22:45 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-04 14:28 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-04 19:15 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-06 13:17 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-07 22:37 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-08 12:18 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-10 12:59 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-10 13:35 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-10 22:34 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-11 15:14 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-12 21:43 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-14 11:06 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-14 22:42 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-15 12:26 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-16 00:53 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-16 20:30 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-18 18:28 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-19 14:53 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-20 01:14 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-20 20:11 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-21 23:01 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-23 11:59 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-24 00:29 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-25 13:38 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-26 00:41 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-28 11:14 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-30 00:38 +0200
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-30 12:22 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-31 17:46 +0200
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-01 14:24 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-03 13:35 +0200
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-03 20:15 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-05 22:10 +0200
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-10 17:26 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-11 13:18 +0200
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-12 10:56 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-13 23:38 +0200
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-14 11:35 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-15 02:05 +0200

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