2006-11-17 07:50:27 · 11 answers · asked by kiddydriver01 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
It derives from Middle English `pere `(before the year 1000), via Old English `peru` from the Latin `pira`. The botanical name of the tree is `Pyrus`.
2006-11-17 08:09:52 · answer #1 · answered by ED SNOW 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you called an apple a pear it would just look silly! And then you'd have to change everything elses name! No, a pear's a pear. It's just what it is!
2006-11-17 17:04:28 · answer #2 · answered by Val G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I saw some avocado pears today at my local fruit shop... Not sure if it was some kind of freak of nature though. Looks like pears are about to take over the world as we know it.
2006-11-17 15:55:35 · answer #3 · answered by kpk 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
a pear by any other name would still be called a pear
2006-11-17 15:52:47 · answer #4 · answered by puresatin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because there was to identical fruit on the tree and someone said... There's a nice pair" but the other person thought they said "There's a nice pear" ... and he said "yes, so is the other one !"
2006-11-17 15:58:19 · answer #5 · answered by Robert W 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
cuz it is a pear
2006-11-17 15:58:00 · answer #6 · answered by I♥Ryan Sheckler :] 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We got the word from the Romans -- "pera" - via the Norman French "poire".
2006-11-17 16:17:26 · answer #7 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it's not a walnut
2006-11-17 18:09:12 · answer #8 · answered by Miki P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a stupid question.
2006-11-17 16:30:06 · answer #9 · answered by AshleyS. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why is anything called anything?
2006-11-17 15:55:15 · answer #10 · answered by NICHOLA 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋