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Interesting. I'd like to see an article on why English speakers decided we needed [our own name](http://i.imgur.com/rdGWiBY.jpg http://i.imgur.com/rdGWiBY.jpg )
by krrrh 10y ago
Interesting. I'd like to see an article on why English speakers decided we needed [our own name](http://i.imgur.com/rdGWiBY.jpg http://i.imgur.com/rdGWiBY.jpg
) for pineapples (the etymology seems pretty clear).
- xomateix 10y agoIn spanish and catalan it's called `piña` and `pinya` (exact same pronunciation as ñ is ny in catalan) because its shape is similar to the `Conifer cone` (called pinya as well) [1]. [1] https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi%C3%B1a https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi%C3%B1a