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Thomas Bridgeland <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Wed, 30 Apr 2003 08:16:13 +0900
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> Great news -- I LOVE berries.  Speaking of berries, our local store
> had a
> huge sign above a big bin of oranges (!) which referred to them as the
> world's oldest berry(!). It went on to call them "ancient berries."
> HUH?!
> Since when do oranges have anything to do with berries??  Are they
> related??
>
>

Well..they are a compound fruit, so I suppose at least in the technical
sense they are berries. A confusion between the normal usage of a word
and the scientific add-on meaning.

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