Cultural idiosyncrasy

[walfin]

Happy new year, to whoever knows why.

And happy Valentine's day too.

 

[Cognisant]

Freud approves.

 

[Anthile]

Freud approves.

Nah, the point is that the botanical name for the common orange is citrus sinensis. In some European languages, the street name for the orange is a variant of "Apple from China" like the German Apfelsine.


With all clues we now are able to conclude: The butler did it.

 

[walfin]

In some European languages, the street name for the orange is a variant of "Apple from China" like the German Apfelsine.

interesting. So what are mandarin oranges called in German?

 

[Subotai]

In dutch " een mandarijn "