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robiwang

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[交流] 【Funny】WaterMelon, Xigua or Shuigua

Now I am eating watermelon and I find that this kind of melon is really full of water. English are clever to create this word. I think we Chinese name it Xigua (西瓜) just because we brought it from the Western world (actually Africa), just like tomato, i.e. Xihongshi (西红柿). If we Chinese were the earliest human beings to plant the watermelon, we may call it Shuigua (水瓜)?? Do you think so? And could you find other English words enable to show the smart of the early English, though they don't deserve it in too many cases.

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小木虫(金币+0.5):恭喜抢沙发,给个红包
it‘s funning。
2楼2010-08-07 17:52:14
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小木虫(金币+0.2):抢了个小板凳,给个红包
you are a meticulous observer in daily life,
probably HongGua
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I like eat xigua, especially in summer.
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fangye0413(金币+1):they are the same??please tell me;);) 2010-08-07 19:50:55
do you know sigua ?there are yangsigua (洋丝瓜)and bensigua(笨丝瓜),maybe it due to the same reason~
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引用回帖:
Originally posted by linzhiabc at 2010-08-07 19:02:44:
do you know sigua ?there are yangsigua (洋丝瓜)and bensigua(笨丝瓜),maybe it due to the same reason~

sorry,i can't insert the picture~bensigua with its surface smooth,and yangsigua's surface is uneven,with some knurls ~
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fangye0413:O(∩_∩)O~here is english ,my dear friend~ 2010-08-09 11:13:26
如果中国最早种植西瓜,那可能会叫它绿瓜。传到西方,就叫greenmelon
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you know. the fatmelon, or winter melon, in reality, should be the orintalmelon, or east melon,东瓜.
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robiwang

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Originally posted by chillung at 2010-08-08 12:27:47:
you know. the fatmelon, or winter melon, in reality, should be the orintalmelon, or east melon,东瓜.

winter melon = east melon
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