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- Why is pineapple in English but ananas in all other languages?
When European explorers discovered this tropical fruit in the Americas, they called them "pineapples" (first so referenced in 1664 due to resemblance to what is now known as the pine cone) [7][8] In the scientific binomial Ananas comosus, ananas, the original name of the fruit, comes from the Tupi word nanas, meaning "excellent fruit",[9] as
- Capitalization Proper use of apostrophe for omitted letters at start of . . .
Yes, when you use an apostrophe to show missing letters that have been contracted out of the beginning of a word for whatever reason, you still use a capital first letter for the sentence, meaning you'd use a capital A
- Should the English word for noodles be lamen or ramen?
The informational content of this question an answers is excellent The tendentious attitude distracts from the good story, but adds an instance to the meta-story of descriptivism vs prescriptivism -and- language change and borrowings
- expressions - How toffee-nosed is toffee-nosed? - English Language . . .
And why is this illustration of a man with a pineapple (ananas) on his chest found with the definition of toffee-nosed? Does it imply anything about language? I believe I have found the connection between the pineapple on the man's shirt and toffee-nosed, in the end, the easiest explanation was the most logical In Victorian England, and
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