[Lexicog] banana

[David Tuggy]

"Peel" n. isn't salientely derived from "peel" v., for me, though 
"peeling" n. is. Rather to "peel" something is to take the "peel" off 
it, much like to "weed" a garden is to take the "weeds" out of it, or to 
"bone" a fish is to take the "bones" out of it.  A prototypical "rind" 
is thicker, tougher, stiffer and harder than a prototypical peel. I more 
often talk of a orange "peel" myself, though I can call it a rind, but I 
would talk about the rind of a melon, or of certain cheeses.

Reminds me of a college friend teasing another friend named Annette:

"What's the difference between Annette and a cumquat?"

"I don't know."

"A cumquat has appeal."

fwiw,

--David Tuggy

Wayne Leman wrote:

>>>From a discussion with my wife:
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>I know that the outside of an orange is called a "rind" in English. Is there
>a name for the outside of a banana? I know that once the inner edible part
>of a banana is taken out, what is left is called a "peel." Most everyone
>knows how dangerous it is to slip on a banana peel. If a banana has not yet
>been peeled, is the outside of a banana also called a "peel"?
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>Wayne
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