A "mealy" apple is spelt differently https://www.thekitchn.com/food-science-what-makes-apples-95708 https://www.thekitchn.com/food-science-what-makes-apples-957

A "mealy" apple is spelt differently https://www.thekitchn.com/food-science-what-makes-apples-95708 https://www.thekitchn.com/food-science-what-makes-apples-957... And pronounced not quite the same either as the usual Southern African word for "an ear of maize", or the products made therefrom, e.g. "meilie meal" (1) and "mieliepap" : corn porridge / grits (2). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mielie_meal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mielie_meal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugali#South_Africa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugali#South_Africa