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RandomStickman@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
In Chinese watermelon is called 西瓜(west melon) and wintermelon is 冬瓜 (winter melon) but the first word sounds like 東 (east). Pumpkins are called 南瓜 (south melon) and in some places a certain squash is called 北瓜 (north melon)
wabasso@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Is the Winter and East thing a forced coincidence in search of the quadfecta, or is there actually colder climate in eastern China(?) ?
RandomStickman@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
It's not forced, just a coincidence. There are loads of homophones in Chinese so it's easy to make puns like that.