Talk:fruit

"Piece of Fruit"
IME this is used in the culinary sense but would sound odd in the botanical (though I'm not a botanist). 92.28.86.245 11:34, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

"Eatable"
Is eatable proper English? Shouldn't this be edible?


 * There is no such thing as "proper English", what you mean is either, its not a real word or it doesn't sound right, and yes edible sounds much better. - fonzy


 * I'll change it to edible then. So is eatable a real word?


 * indeed it is: Dictionary.com Def -fonzy

"c"
Anyone knows what the "c" next to some translations means? Talam 20:14, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Read Norwegian language. Uncle G 00:58, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * "c" means "common gender" (as opposed to "neuter"). In some languages, masculine and feminine have merged into "common." &mdash;Stephen 14:41, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

RFV discussion
Verb. --Connel MacKenzie 21:48, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Hunh? This one's in the OED, and I would have thought it was fairly common.  --EncycloPetey 21:59, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
 * D'oh. Even in Webster's 1913.  Removing RFV.  --Connel MacKenzie 06:13, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Homosexual
The OED only lists a ref for 1935, attributing it to an extension of underworld/prison slang for an easy mark. This StackExchange post shows it shows up by at least 1900 in dialect notes from Tulane University and doesn't necessarily have anything to do with criminal cant. — LlywelynII  11:56, 23 April 2019 (UTC)