I think we English speaking people do that just to confuse everyone. It's really quite entertaining, you know. Like I before E except after C, and with more exceptions than there are examples that match the rule. That sort of thing.
Bob On Mar 31, 2010, at 2:21 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > Andre- > > Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 1:45:57 PM, you wrote: > >> Now, if I understand correctly from my small english language experience, >> you name fruits like this: > >> if it is really small or has little seeds all over it, then, it is named >> somethingberry > > I find it quite disturbing to find that botanically there are two > types of non-stone fruit: drupes and berries; and that most things > that are commonly named berries in English (blackberries, > strawberries, etc.) are actually drupes, while the class of berries > includes such things as avocados and pumpkins, which I never think of > as berries. Basically, in English almost any fruit with the word > "berry" in it is not a berry, but a drupe. And almost all other fruit > is a berry. > > -- > -Mark Wieder > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
