On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 08:37:00 Nick Maclaren wrote:

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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.

It would seem so as "pomo d'oro" means "golden apple". I would have
thought that "pomo del fuoco" would have been a more accurate
description, assuming the tomato is red! ;-)

David

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David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK