Pine-apples, pine cones....

From: Perry Malouf (pmalouf@access.digex.net)
Date: Tue Mar 04 1997 - 04:34:32 PST


Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 07:34:32 -0500 (EST)
From: Perry Malouf <pmalouf@access.digex.net>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg799$foo@default>
Subject: Pine-apples, pine cones....

Wim Leys wrote:

> What I ment with "pineapple needles" is what can be found on the soil of
> a pine forest. If consists of dry needles... and the "fruits" of pines.
> In Dutch the word for these "fruits" is "denappel", the English word for
> "den" is "pine" and for "appel" is "apple"

In English we call the fruits of pine trees "pine cones" because
of the conical shape.

> I'm sorry for my bad English.

Well, my Dutch isn't all the great either. :-)

You're doing quite well, actually.

Regards,

Perry Malouf



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