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Re:Why we picture bombs as round black balls with a burning ... by ficklepickle on Sunday September 19, 2021 @03:27PM (#28587140)
Pomegranates are from Granada. In French, Granada is "Grenade" and pomegranate is "pomme grenade", which directly translates to Granada apple
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Re:Why we picture bombs as round black balls with a burning ... by Telemakhos on Sunday September 19, 2021 @06:01PM (#28588352)
No. "Pomegranate" comes from the Latin "pomum granatum," the 'fruit having many seeds.' Granum means grain or seed, and granatus is a pseudo-participial form (like "mentulatus") meaning 'endowed with seeds.' Granada, the city, likely derives its name from Arabic.
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Re:Why we picture bombs as round black balls with a burning ... by jcelerier on Sunday September 19, 2021 @04:47PM (#28587792)
as a french I absolutely never heard "pomme grenade" for the fruit, just "grenade" directly
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Re:Why we picture bombs as round black balls with a burning ... by shados on Sunday September 19, 2021 @09:43PM (#28589622)
may depend where you're from. I'm a French speaker and it's always been "pomme grenade" everywhere I have been.
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