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/təˈmeɪtoʊ/ /təˈmɑːtoʊ/" when presented with two choices can mean "What's the difference?" or "It's all the same to me." Tomato records


The Aztecs called the fruit xitomatl (pronounced [ʃiːˈtomatɬ]), meaning plump thing with a navel. Other Mesoamerican peoples, including the Nahuas, took the name as tomatl, from which most western European languages derived their names for "tomato". However, the Italian word, pomodoro (from pomo d'oro "apple of gold") was borrowed into Polish, and via Russian, into several other languages. Similarly, the now rare German term Paradeisapfel (for "apple of paradise") is still heard in the form paradeiser in the Bavarian and Austrian dialects, and was borrowed into modern Hungarian, Slovenian and Serbian.
Pronunciation
The pronunciation of tomato differs in different English-speaking countries; the two most common variants are /təˈmɑːtoʊ/ tə-mah-toh and /təˈmeɪtoʊ/ tə-may-toh. Speakers from the British Isles and most of the Commonwealth typically say /təˈmɑːtoʊ/, while most North American speakers usually say /təˈmeɪtoʊ/.
The word's dual pronunciations were immortalized in Ira and George Gershwin's 1937 song Let's Call the Whole Thing Off ("You like /pəˈteɪtoʊ/ and I like /pəˈtɑːtoʊ/ / You like /təˈmeɪtoʊ/ and I like /təˈmɑːtoʊ/") and have become a symbol for nitpicking pronunciation disputes. In this capacity, it has even become an American and British slang term: saying "/təˈmeɪtoʊ/ /təˈmɑːtoʊ/" when presented with two choices can mean "What's the difference?" or "It's all the same to me."
Tomato records



The "tomato tree" as seen by gPietro Andrea Mattioli
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Pietro Andrea Mattioli
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Born    23 March 1501
Siena
Died    1577
TrentoTagliatelle
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Tagliatelle
Pasta
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The distinctive shape of tagliatelle pasta
Place of origin:
Italy
Region or state:
Emilia-Romagna and Marche
Variations:
Pizzoccheri, tagliolini

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