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From: gadfly@ihu1m.UUCP (Gadfly)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: GRAPEfruit?
Message-ID: <345@ihu1m.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 17-Mar-85 22:41:14 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar 17 22:41:14 1985
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OK, nature lovers, does anyone know how the grapefruit got it's
name?  My dictionary (a Winston 1936 edition--the "Flags of the
World" plate has some colorful entries for Latvia, Estonia, the
Spanish Republic, and of course, the German Reich) simply notes
"grape + fruit", but honestly, it's awfully hard to discern any
similarity between the two species.  Grapes not only don't look
anything like grapefruits, they also don't taste anything like
them, and anyone who can't tell a grape vine from a grapefruit
tree has one or the other for brains.  What's the straight poop?  
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