# Apples. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 22, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235 "2007-02-22T16:24:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/1 "2007-02-22T16:24:05Z")
Bear with me. I am just filling up the first couple of sentences so that the mouse-over preview doesn’t impair the point of this thread. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Honi soit qui mal y pense. Now then. When you saw the title of this thread, did you think of: 1. The green/red juicy fruit of the _Malus siervsii_ tree, or 2. Products made by a Californian computer/electronics company? Be honest. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/2 "2007-02-22T16:25:34Z")
I thought of the Rome apple that I spent some time cutting up for my daughter’s snack this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/3 "2007-02-22T16:28:56Z")
Both. The immediate response was an image of a red apple and a slight sensation of biting into one, with sound effect, but without taste. Then the word connected with the idea of this being a Straight Dope thread, and the idea immediately morphed into the computer logo. Of course, that may have happened anyway, even without the context. But I was aware of the context as the idea shifted. So the fruit is still primary, but the two ideas are very closely linked, especially in certain contexts. ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/4 "2007-02-22T16:29:31Z")
Fruit, but I think if you’d used the singular I would have probably thought of the company. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/5 "2007-02-22T16:33:51Z")
> [@](#): > > Fruit, but I think if you’d used the singular I would have probably thought of the company. Not sure which way ‘apple’ would have gone, but ‘apples’ was definitely less associated with the computer. I still think the fruit would have been there, just maybe not in that order. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/6 "2007-02-22T16:39:29Z")
1. Apples, also known as “bopples”, because that’s how the 2 year old says it, are the most favored snack food in our house. I’ve had to limit my son’s consumption to fewer than 4 per day to avoid constipatory issues. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/7 "2007-02-22T16:39:42Z")
Fruit. If you had said Apple without the s, I would have thought computer. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/8 "2007-02-22T16:39:57Z")
[QUOTE=A.R. Cane] Fruit, but I think if you’d used the singular I would have probably thought of the company. [/QUOTE] Exactly. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/9 "2007-02-22T16:40:31Z")
I thought of the fruit. I was biting into an apple when I saw the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/10 "2007-02-22T16:40:36Z")
[QUOTE=A.R. Cane] Fruit, but I think if you’d used the singular I would have probably thought of the company. [/QUOTE] Seconded and a half. Perhaps if you try the singular in a month, after we forget about this one, you may have different results? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/11 "2007-02-22T16:40:54Z")
…Also, I don’t think of the computers as “Apples” any longer, but “Macs” ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/12 "2007-02-22T16:42:24Z")
[QUOTE=FordPrefect] I thought of the fruit. I was biting into an apple when I saw the thread title. [/QUOTE] Me too. Jinx. I’m eating a Braeburn. I love Macs..The apple. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/13 "2007-02-22T16:44:46Z")
OK, should have said “Apple”. Now, how about “Blackberries”? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/14 "2007-02-22T16:47:38Z")
Fruit, of course. What other kind of apple is there? ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/15 "2007-02-22T16:49:55Z")
I was wondering why people don’t use more descriptive subject lines. The mouse over intrigued me, so I came in to have a look. I actually did the mouse over to see if you were talking about fruit or computers - I hadn’t made up my mind. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/16 "2007-02-22T16:50:36Z")
[QUOTE=Missy2U] Fruit. If you had said Apple without the s, I would have thought computer. [/QUOTE] Yep. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/17 "2007-02-22T16:55:02Z")
Fruit, almost immediately followed by the computer. I had just posted to a thread about the PC v Mac commercials otherwise it likely would have been the fruit only. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/18 "2007-02-22T16:56:46Z")
As soon as I saw the subject line, the image that came to my mind was of a huge, lovely Red Delicious still on the tree. Never mind that as far as apples go, I’d prefer a Fuji or Granny Smith, taste-wise - the Red Delicious simply _looks_ tastier. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/19 "2007-02-22T17:03:37Z")
Fruit. Singular apple would have been a toss-up. Blackberries would probably have made me think technology over fruit. However, had the thread titled Blackberries been in Cafe Society, I’d have thought fruit. ---
**Author:** ![Surok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Surok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surok)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235/20 "2007-02-22T17:05:29Z")
[QUOTE=Colophon] OK, should have said “Apple”. Now, how about “Blackberries”? 😉 [/QUOTE] Now, if you’d said _“Blackberry”_… 🙂 I’ll fourth? fifth? the ‘apple without an a’ point of view. Blackberries, however - thoughts go straight to the device, even though I’ve never seen or used one. Presumably never having seen or used one is why I’m not sure what to call it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples/393235.md?page=2)