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From: darryl@ISM780.UUCP
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Subject: Re: GRAPEfruit?
Message-ID: <179@ISM780.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 20-Mar-85 00:55:15 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 20 00:55:15 1985
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Nf-From: ISM780!darryl    Mar 19 08:36:00 1985

>The large yellow fruit appears to grow in bunches on the tree.
>
>-Ron

You obviously haven't seen a grapefruit tree before.  The grapefruits hanging
from the tree outside my window DO NOT hang in BUNCHES.  They grow as
singletons on the end of twigs.  BTW, my Webster's New Collegiate doesn't
give an etymology -- they must realize how silly it would sound.  So,
does anyone have a real answer to this critical gap in the history of
the English Language? (-:)

	    --Darryl Richman, INTERACTIVE Systems Corp.
	    ...!cca!ima!ism780!darryl
	    The views expressed above are my opinions only.