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[–] 34 points 4 months ago (6 children)

In Chinese watermelon is called 西瓜(west melon) and wintermelon is 冬瓜 (winter melon) but the first word sounds like 東 (east). Pumpkins are called 南瓜 (south melon) and in some places a certain squash is called 北瓜 (north melon)

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  • [–] 13 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    When I was a kid, I used to live near places called Sussex and Essex.

    I never encountered Nussex nor Wessex and that troubles me.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Wessex was a kingdom in Britain. And it's an area of London. There is also Middlesex as well. But I can't find a norssex.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    Sure, I get all that, but I didn't grow up in that area. I grew up near other direction-sexes.

    South doesn't start with "Su," so I assume North-sex (in this context) wouldn't start with "Nor." In fact, I looked this up and found this interesting article, which is perhaps not academically correct (I don't know) but shows that my reasoning is not isolated.

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