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Re:Apple's cash hoard swells to $246B by smcl on Saturday April 15, 2017 @02:40PM (#14122103)
I was always confused that it's not an apple of Scottish origin - "Brae" is scots for "hill", and "burn" is scots for "little river"
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Re:Apple's cash hoard swells to $246B by jdminhbg on Saturday April 15, 2017 @04:17PM (#14122610)
It was first cultivated at an orchard in NZ called Braeburn which is almost certainly named after a Scottish person or place. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braeburn
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