Why do grapes and grapefruit have so little in common?

[rivan]

Premature post.

Who named grapefruits, since I assume they came to the english language after grapes, and why couldn't the come up with something a little more inventive?

 

[Unheard]

Originally posted by: rivan

???

 

[waggy]

why do apples and apple computers have so little in common?

 

[rivan]

Originally posted by: waggy
why do apples and apple computers have so little in common?

That's apples and oranges Apple Computer has an Apple as their logo.

These are two fruits, completely different, that have very similar names. Imagine if kiwis weren't called kiwis, but strawberryfruits. Not only would they have a dumb name, they'd be associated with strawberries - something they have little or nothing in common with, other than both being fruits.

 

[NiteWulf]

Originally posted by: rivan

Originally posted by: waggy
why do apples and apple computers have so little in common?

That's apples and oranges Apple Computer has an Apple as their logo.

These are two fruits, completely different, that have very similar names. Imagine if kiwis weren't called kiwis, but strawberryfruits. Not only would they have a dumb name, they'd be associated with strawberries - something they have little or nothing in common with, other than both being fruits.

grape·fruit /'gre?p?frut/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[greyp-froot] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
?noun
1. a large, roundish, yellow-skinned, edible citrus fruit having a juicy, acid pulp.
2. the tropical or semitropical tree, Citrus paradisi, yielding this fruit.
[Origin: 1805?15; grape + fruit, appar. from the resemblance of its clusters to those of grapes]
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

 

[jadinolf]

Well, they are both fruit.

 

[thepd7]

Originally posted by: NiteWulf

Originally posted by: rivan

Originally posted by: waggy
why do apples and apple computers have so little in common?

That's apples and oranges Apple Computer has an Apple as their logo.

These are two fruits, completely different, that have very similar names. Imagine if kiwis weren't called kiwis, but strawberryfruits. Not only would they have a dumb name, they'd be associated with strawberries - something they have little or nothing in common with, other than both being fruits.

grape·fruit /'gre?p?frut/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[greyp-froot] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
?noun
1. a large, roundish, yellow-skinned, edible citrus fruit having a juicy, acid pulp.
2. the tropical or semitropical tree, Citrus paradisi, yielding this fruit.
[Origin: 1805?15; grape + fruit, appar. from the resemblance of its clusters to those of grapes]
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

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[randay]

why do kids love apple jacks? they dont taste like apples!