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minus-squareDenjin@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 days agoAnd the first English speaker who saw one went “you know what that reminds me of, apples. Wait, hear me out, apples on a pine tree.”
minus-squarelengau@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up14·3 days agoIt’s because it looks like a pinecone, which at the time were also called pineapples.
minus-squareGhoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 days agoIirc that was because apple was just a generic term for fruit at the time, not any specific type.
And the first English speaker who saw one went “you know what that reminds me of, apples. Wait, hear me out, apples on a pine tree.”
It’s because it looks like a pinecone, which at the time were also called pineapples.
Iirc that was because apple was just a generic term for fruit at the time, not any specific type.