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My Hindi-speaking friends tell me that kaddu is used as a derogatory term like
'dummy'. Just think of it: "You pumpkin-for-brains! You stinky hollow gourd with
seeds rattling inside!" And in America it is a cute term for chubby babies...
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| I just found in a Hindi/Urdu phrasebook that the word for pumpkin is kaddu. It doesn't sound quite like kaa-doo with a long a, but it makes me wonder if Lucas is having a joke. Kaadus are orange, aren't they? Pumpkin riders defeating a (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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