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From: hav@dual.UUCP (Helen Anne Vigneau)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: GRAPEfruit?
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Date: Thu, 28-Mar-85 16:09:33 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 28 16:09:33 1985
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=> >The large yellow fruit appears to grow in bunches on the tree.
=> >
=> >-Ron
=> 
=> You obviously haven't seen a grapefruit tree before.  The grapefruits hanging
=> from the tree outside my window DO NOT hang in BUNCHES.  They grow as
=> singletons on the end of twigs.  BTW, my Webster's New Collegiate doesn't
=> give an etymology -- they must realize how silly it would sound.  So,
=> does anyone have a real answer to this critical gap in the history of
=> the English Language? (-:)
=> 
=> Darryl Richman, INTERACTIVE Systems Corp., ..!cca!ima!ism780!darryl

No etymology in the AHD (paperback) that lives on my desk, either.  But I'm
willing to confirm that they do *not* grow in bunches.  Curiouser and curiouser.

Helen Anne

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