Thu 28 Sep 2006
In America they call pamplemousse “grapefruit”. I mean really, who the heck looks at pamplemousse and thinks “oh I know, this is like a grape but it’s fruit so let’s call it grapefruit in order to indicate how similar it is to a grape”?
For one, grapes are fruit. Why are grapes not grapefruit? Also, pamplemousse is much much larger than a grape and has a totally different taste, it’s baffling to me how anyone could thing that one is even remotely similar for naming purposes.
an orangefruit.
September 28th, 2006 at 1:35pm
Who has too much time on his hands…?
September 28th, 2006 at 1:38pm
Jared: It’s called a “lunchbreak”. :-)
September 28th, 2006 at 2:00pm
Ahem, this coming from a man who lives in a country where they add a u to every damned word.
September 28th, 2006 at 3:14pm
I suspect that GIANT TURKEY SAMMICH has something to do with this.
September 28th, 2006 at 6:33pm
That’s a lot of sammich. Seriously.