"Bruce" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 12:28:42 -0500, Brooklyn1
> > wrote:
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>>On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 04:21:55 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:
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> wrote in message
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>>>> Cranberry beans may be caled borlotti in Italy or October beans in the
>>>> US.
>>>
>>>Yes. Beans often go by different names.
>>
>>Well DUH... English words are different from Italian words yet mean
>>the same thing.
>
> The Italian name isn't confined to Italian. They're also called
> borlotti beans in Australia, for instance. In other words: beans often
> go by different names in English.

And they're called that here too! Just as Navy and pea beans are the same
thing.