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7 Comments on “The name pineapple is proof that naturalists/fruit namers enjoy illegal activities.”

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   1 Avram said at 11:46 am on July 1st, 2009:

   I am not sure where you are going with this one, but it led me to look up the history of the name which is quite interesting.

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   2 admin said at 11:49 am on July 1st, 2009:

   Feel free to report back.

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   3 Avram said at 9:16 pm on July 1st, 2009:

   Wikipedia is full of info.

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   4 dooce said at 3:04 pm on July 2nd, 2009:

   Yeah, I don’t get this one. Maybe that’s proof that normal people will?

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   5 admin said at 3:05 pm on July 2nd, 2009:

   It’s making the implication that the name for the fruit pineapple is absolutely absurd and that only a person with the aid of mind-altering substances could come up with it.

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   6 Avram said at 7:22 pm on July 3rd, 2009:

   I think the name makes great sense if you look at the historical context. “back in the day” pine cones were called pineapples because they were the apple or “fruit” of the pine tree. When english speaking people found the pineapple (the real fruit) they named it after what it looked like back home and eventually gave the name pinecone to the original pineapple. Voila!

   http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=pineapple&searchmode=none

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   7 admin said at 11:13 am on July 6th, 2009:

   Makes sense. But I bet they were on snuff or wig powder when they named it.

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