Why is papaya=paw paw??

jye hwei says:
because papaya is grew in tropical areas such as malaysia....you cant see papaya in english place
jye hwei says:
those ppl in tropical areas are mostly malays, they name the fruit as papaya
jye hwei says:
and it comes to one day when an ang moh went to tropical country, he was curious about the new fruit
jye hwei says:
the malay told the ang moh it was called papaya
jye hwei says:
but the poor english man couldnt understand it
jye hwei says:
papaya papaya
jye hwei says:
so he pronounced it as paw paw lo
jye hwei says:
that's it!! hehe ^^

That's what my housemate told me..
Sounds funny..
Haha..

Yvonne
10th August 2008
10.58 pm