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Post by sara jonas on Jul 14, 2007 19:22:03 GMT -5
I don't like prunces, so I wouldn't know. I don't like dates either; talk about nasty!
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Post by moogle on Jul 15, 2007 16:45:16 GMT -5
I ate a prune the other day and there were no pips/seeds. But I have decided prunes are not very nice, lol. I hate all those dried fruit. Oh, and prunes are just dried plums.
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Post by Artemis Black on Jul 16, 2007 20:49:45 GMT -5
As mentioned, prunes are dried-out plums, and plums have pits. I know gooseberries have pips, not seeds, and they're not citrus... I've heard both apple pips and apple seeds, there doesn't seem to be a difference. I've actually heard of strawberry pips too.
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Post by moogle on Jul 17, 2007 1:19:37 GMT -5
Gooseberries, I totally forgot about them!
I guess we're back to saying that there is no difference.
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Post by Merrythought on Jul 17, 2007 2:01:52 GMT -5
Maybe it's where they are grown. Like tree fruit and runner fruit like strawberries. But now that I think about it that wouldn't explain anything. Nevermind. (I should just scrap this but oh well)
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Post by Scream on Jul 19, 2007 5:41:24 GMT -5
i think that its a thing about where you are from... i never say pip... unless refering to south park..
its always apple seed, orange seed, etc.
its like with soda, soft drink, pop, soda pop, etc. different places, different names i guess.
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Post by sara jonas on Jul 19, 2007 12:32:14 GMT -5
That makes sense. Prior to this, I had never even heard that people say the word "pips" in relation to seeds.
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Post by moogle on Jul 19, 2007 15:52:54 GMT -5
We say pips all the times, and seeds. Maybe it is just for screwed up poeple like us NZ'rs who can't decide which English language to stick with, lol.
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Post by Raine on Jul 22, 2007 4:16:02 GMT -5
Here's your difference:
seeds and pips...do not start with the same letter! *ba dum dum pish*
...No really, I have no idea.
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Post by moogle on Jul 23, 2007 18:14:15 GMT -5
haha^^
Yeah, I think we are just going to have to accept there is no difference.
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Post by writ3rgirl on Jul 23, 2007 19:45:48 GMT -5
hm... completely lost by this thread but commenting it anyway...
I've actually never heard the word "pip" until now. I call it apple seeds, orange seeds, watermelon seeds, lemon seeds...
And I'm usually the knowledgeable one. *off to find a dictionary.*
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Post by Veritaserum on Jul 25, 2007 14:26:55 GMT -5
Lol. Great one Raine!
Hmm maybe it's just another English exception.. there are enough of them already.
Thanks for all your thoughts!
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Post by kaisei13 on Aug 13, 2007 12:30:38 GMT -5
pips are seeds from edible fruits seeds are a blanket name for the seeds of any kind of plant, edible or not. so all pips are seeds, but not all seeds are pips, and we americans just call everything seeds. Hope that helps
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Post by Scream on Aug 14, 2007 5:45:23 GMT -5
waow. So there is actually a different. O.O
Thank you Kaisei! That really does help! Haha.
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Post by moogle on Aug 14, 2007 18:00:57 GMT -5
yay, the mystery has been solved!
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