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demonic 
"Cinemaniac"
Posted - 03/06/2009 :  03:49:35  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Some quick research later produced the answer...

It was considered to be an apple because of a misunderstanding of the Latin "malum" - which as an adjective means evil but as a noun means apple.

And an interesting side note...

The larynx in the human throat, noticeably more prominent in males, was consequently called an Adam's apple, from a notion that it was caused by the forbidden fruit sticking in Adam's throat.
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ChocolateLady 
"500 Chocolate Delights"
Posted - 03/08/2009 :  09:53:32  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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Originally posted by dem9nic

Some quick research later produced the answer...

It was considered to be an apple because of a misunderstanding of the Latin "malum" - which as an adjective means evil but as a noun means apple.


And you thought the guys who translated it from the original into Latin were smart, didn't you?

(Something always gets lost - or in this instance, added - in the translation.)
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