Monday, 7 May 2007

Avez-vous su? - 4

That Pineapple in French is called 'Ananas', the exact same thing it is called in Marathi!
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Edit :- dated 10.5.2007
The Scientific Name of Pineapple is Ananas comosus.

7 comments:

Metallica bhakt! said...

happy realization!! :P

Shantanu said...

@sweet angel:- I treated myself to a 'ananas' icecream for that ;)!

Metallica bhakt! said...

daayyaaa.. :P

Sush said...

and if u marathi manus didn't realise its borrowed from sanskrit! :P

Shantanu said...

@sushant:- Prolly yes, and as interestingly, its Scientific name is Ananas comosus.

Indian Sociologist said...

called the same here in italy though with a slight accent.

Shantanu said...

http://9gag.com/gag/97598/
This is too awesome - English sucks!