I haven't heard "paw-paw" in place of "papaya" outside of Asia, so I wouldn't ca... | Hacker News

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		jessaustin on March 8, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Skirret: a forgotten Tudor vegetable I haven't heard "paw-paw" in place of "papaya" outside of Asia, so I wouldn't call that global. We're not going to change the lyrics of all our old pawpaw-celebrating folk songs just to accommodate someone else's regional dialect. b^)

contingencies on March 9, 2016 [–]

It's like metric vs. imperial. I think you'll find that Asia, Australia, New Zealand, UK all use pawpaw for one fruit.

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