on origins of "PEAR" name
| From: | Alexey Borzov | Date: | Sat, 20 Nov 2004 10:48:42 +0000 |
| Subject: | on origins of "PEAR" name | ||
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Hi,
I stumbled upon this interesting message on SitePoint forums: http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1510642&postcount=271
Quote: > Have you ever heard the expression "horse apple" for a lump of horse manure? The equivalent in Norwegian is "horse pear" (hestepære).
Given the fact that Stig is Norwegian, one really starts to wonder... ;)