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Spikes · « **on:** February 11, 2008, 06:53:12 AM »

I just learned that platano means banana in spanish. I had no clue before.

Denholm · « **Reply #1 on:** February 11, 2008, 09:31:38 AM »

Banana Phone!:p

CyranoAH · « **Reply #2 on:** February 11, 2008, 09:51:28 AM »

We use platano for the ones that grow in the Canaric Islands, and "bananas/bananos" for the ones in central/south america.

Daniel

Airscrew · « **Reply #3 on:** February 11, 2008, 10:14:02 AM »

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Originally posted by Denholm
Banana Phone!:p

My daughter and I love that song, my wife however... hates it...

midnight Target · « **Reply #4 on:** February 11, 2008, 10:42:11 AM »

"It's like those Spanish have a different word for everything!"

(blatantly stolen from Steve Martin)

Vipper65 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 11, 2008, 10:56:34 AM »

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Originally posted by midnight Target
"It's like those Spanish have a different word for everything!"

OK now thats rocket science at its finest.

Spikes · « **Reply #6 on:** February 11, 2008, 12:00:58 PM »

Quiero el plátano.

Curval · « **Reply #7 on:** February 11, 2008, 12:15:14 PM »

..and I'm not falling for the platano in the tailpipe trick again.

midnight Target · « **Reply #8 on:** February 11, 2008, 01:23:38 PM »

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Originally posted by Vipper65
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Originally posted by midnight Target
"It's like those Spanish have a different word for everything!"

OK now thats rocket science at its finest.

Que es mas macho? Vipper 'o Richardo Simmons?

Fulmar · « **Reply #9 on:** February 11, 2008, 01:36:05 PM »

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Originally posted by Denholm
Banana Phone!:p

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Tac · « **Reply #10 on:** February 11, 2008, 01:52:43 PM »

umm.. sorry to say this but 'platano' is not banana.

Its plantain.

Different fruit, same family.

Bananas are green, sourish and hard of texture when they sprout, then turn yellow, sweet and soft on the inside when they mature (turn yellow).

Plantains are 1/3rd bigger in size than bananas, are always sourish and have a hard texture to them and when they mature the outer skin usually stays green (some do turn yellowish but its a sickly yellow) but the inside still remains sourish and rather hard.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantain

Shuffler · « **Reply #11 on:** February 11, 2008, 02:10:59 PM »

Details details...............

Tac · « **Reply #12 on:** February 11, 2008, 04:05:15 PM »

go ahead and buy a 'platano' and eat it like it was a banana.

You'll be crapping your intestines in less than an hour. That stuff is wicked.

C(Sea)Bass · « **Reply #13 on:** February 11, 2008, 04:07:13 PM »

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You'll be crapping your intestines in less than an hour. That stuff is wicked.

Thats what happens when I eat bannanas anyways

Treize69 · « **Reply #14 on:** February 11, 2008, 04:33:27 PM »

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