Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Berries

I wrote a list of fruits whose English names end in "-berry". I also added
some related fruits.
Could you help me to complete and correct this list?
Scientific name (Italian) English
Arbutus unedo (corbezzola) arbutus berry
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (uva orsina) bearberry
Fragaria vesca (fragola) strawberry
Morus nigra (mora di gelso) mulberry
Physalis alkekengi (alchechengi) winter cherry
Ribes grossularia (uva spina) gooseberry
Ribes rubrum (ribes) blackcurrant
Rubus idaeus (lampone) raspberry
Rubus ulmifolius (mora di rovo) blackberry
Vaccinium angustifolium (mirtillo blu) blueberry
Vaccinium oxycoccus (mirtillo rosso) cranberry
Vaccinium rubrum (mirtillo) billberry, whortleberry
Vitis vinifera (uva) grapes
Bye,
Paolo

 Could you help me to complete and correct this list?
Below are a few more words ending by "-berry". I'm not sure they all refer
to some type of fruit or plant, but I presume so.
Max
 baneberry
 barberry
 bayberry
 checkerberry
 chokeberry
 coralberry
 crowberry
 dogberry
 gallberry
 gooseberry
 hackberry
 huckleberry
 pigeonberry
 salmonberry
 serviceberry
 sourberry
 squashberry
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 Max
You forgot dingleberry, but maybe that's two words.  It's definitely not a
berry, I think it refers to any small round object stuck onto the rear end of a
dog, not to include ticks.
I hope no-ones eating raisins while they're reading this.
Rick

 hackberry 
a.k.a hagberry from a genus called Celtis, a European berry of some
sort, sometimes edible.
Cheers,
Loki
  Brevity is the soul of wit.    W.Shakespeare

dog, not to include ticks.
...un tarzanello?
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 ...un tarzanello?
Yes, indeed. Also, the warrior species from the Star Trek franchise were named
after the same thing--the Klingons.
Ciao,
Ron
USA

 after the same thing--the Klingons.
Nyuk nyuk.  Is that the true story, or just the popular image?
We know where they're circling of course.
Rick

 ...un tarzanello?
IsaZ!!!! Remember your "queeness"!
Campanella? :))))

 ...un tarzanello?
Non conosco la parola "tarzanello," ma di solito un "dingleberry" è composto
di feci, e non solo si trovano sui cani.  Tanti animali li hanno, certi
uomini inclusi.
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"Dale Erwin" wrote:
Non conosco la parola "tarzanello," ma di solito un "dingleberry" è composto
di feci, e non solo si trovano sui cani.  Tanti animali li hanno, certi
uomini inclusi.
"Tarzanello" means "little Tarzan." You know, the guy who swings on vines in the
forest? Is it starting to make sense yet?
Ciao,
Ron
USA

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I understood that much, but I had never heard the word before.
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Oh now I get it.  :-)  Must be some little Cheetahs back there too.  You know we've
had a discussion about Cheetah before, it's becoming a recurring theme.
Rick

 USA
LOL :-)
Loki
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 Campanella? :))))
Is the use of this word restricted in any way?
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 ...un tarzanello?
Well my American dictionary says it's a shrub and it's fruit
(Vaccinium erythrocarpus) of southeastern US. Doesn't say if it is
edible though.
Speaking of things adhering to animal coats, sheep are a prime
example with 'dags'. (Usually around their nether regions.)  Giving
rise to a very colloquial NZ idiom of 'rattle your dags' for 'hurry
up' or 'get a move on' - "dai avanti" I suppose. :-) 
Cheers,
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Yes, you are on the right track. It is italian (juvenile ?) slang for those
objects that can be found by picking one's (own) nose. Often they are found
at the end of the peculiar vines that grow there.
Ciao
Giorgio

up' or 'get a move on' - "dai avanti" I suppose. :-) 
Mmm... "muovi il culo", though not literal, seems to me to convey the
same flavour (a-hem).
Ciao,
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at the end of the peculiar vines that grow there.
Giorgio, this is most surprising. There must be a regional variation
factor at play here, because in all instances where I have heard the
"t" word used, it was always in reference to, ahem, *rear* and not
front orifices, so to speak. The harvest of nose picking was usually
referred to as "càpperi" where I grew up (the dialect form being
"pòle", feminine plural) or "càccole" in other parts of Italy. Is this
the start of a summer challenge I see here? :-)
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 the start of a summer challenge I see here? :-)
No, no, I see you're by far deeper in the matter than me :-)
I made a little check and I must admit that the generally accepted meaning
is the one that you indicated. Nevertheless, I am quite sure to have heard
the word also referred to the nose production, provided that was in a
pendulum-like form.
On the other hand, I never heard anyone addressing the dingleberries with
some particular term, maybe because I received my bucolic education from
Walser (i.e. Swiss-German) shepherds.
Ciao
Giorgio

No, no, I see you're by far deeper in the matter than me :-)
I'm sure you meant this as a compliment, only it sounds rather
insulting :-)))
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factor at play here
A-hem...'BG' confirms: same usage of 'c' words in this area, as long as
noses are concerned.
I've never heard 'tarzanello' though...ma proprio never.
CC

insulting :-)))
anyway, I'm sure it's what you was looking for. ;-)
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 those objects that can be found by picking one's (own) nose. 
no,no, no Giorno... it's another "location"! ;)

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Caro Paolo,
sono d'accordo, la location comunemente accettata è un'altra, sebbene, come
sai, per certi soggetti è talvolta difficile distinguere.
Comunque, visto che insistevate, ho controllato ulteriormente, e trovo
supporto per la mia accezione del termine de quo e, pensa un po', proprio da
un Paolo ligure.
http://digilander.iol.it/paolon1/pdp/Jeancoion.html
Lo stile del sito è adeguato al livello del thread.
Ciao
Giorgio

I've never heard 'tarzanello' though...ma proprio never.
You don't live with a *really* hairy man, do you
:-))
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:-))
Ok, ok, I got it.
LOL
CC

 :-))
I don't know why, but I feel relieved that this topic has not been dealt
with during the last Raduno, in particulary if I think of that gallant
Knight that, under invitation of some unspecified Queen, exposed a
significant portion of his hairy chest.
Red moon rising...
Ciao
Giorgio

 is the one that you indicated.
La prossima volta, se hai bisogno d'aiuto con il slang italiano, non essere
timido, chiedimi. ;-)
Ciao,
Ron
USA

 You don't live with a *really* hairy man, do you
What do you call five *really* hairy men in a sauna?
Gorillas in the mist.
Cheers,
loki
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No-one mentioned the loganberry. Yum.
J