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Bigal wrote:

'Nick Maclaren[_3_ Wrote:

I have wondered why tomatoes used to be called love apples. ...-

Advertising, mistranslation or both!

Sorry Nick, I don't get your meaning. Advertising What? And what
am I mistranslating? You have lost me.

Advertising tomatoes. Pomo d'oro and Pomme d'amour. And the latter
may itself have been a mistranslation.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.