Re: Gallopavo (was: Re: fruitbats)
| From: | caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, November 12, 2005, 12:22 |
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--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, # 1 <salut_vous_autre@H...> wrote:
>My dictionnary says it comes from "poule d'Inde", "India hen".
>It is likely that it were called "poule d'Inde", as guinea pigs are
>still called "cochon d'Inde", "India pig", in french, before being
>shortened in "d'Inde" and re-spelled "dinde".
In Italian the prickly pear cactus is called "fichi d'India," Indian
figs, even though they are a new world plant. They appear on the menu
in our Mexican restaurants where they are called "nopales"
or "chumbos."
Charlie
http://wiki.frath.net/user:caeruleancentaur
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