do you call it seed, stone, pit or pip?
By hereandthere
@hereandthere (45651)
Philippines
June 16, 2018 2:26am CST
we have plenty of small green mangoes.
mother peeled about a dozen, then sliced off both cheeks.
these firm yellow pieces were packed in resealable plastic bags and stored in the freezer.
i was reluctant to throw away the seeds because there was still enough flesh in them.
the yellow flesh of small green mangoes is firmer so it's harder to slice close to the seed.
i offered them to the ladies where i buy cooked food.
they agreed it would be a shame to waste, and their kids will like munching on them.
in filipino (or tagalog), we say "buto" for both bone and seed.
for example:
chicken bone - buto ng manok
mango seed - buto ng mangga
watermelon seed - butong pakwan
human bones - buto ng tao
for non-native english speakers, what is the word for bone and seed in your language?
for native english speakers, how do you differentiate between seed, stone, pit and pip?
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29 responses
@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
16 Jun 18
We have different way to call the inside of a fruit "seme" (seed) is the small one of a tomato (as an example) if it's the inside of an olive we call it "nocciolo" (pit), the one of the mango is not a seed it's also a "nocciolo", those of the grapes are seed. The bones are ossa, no matter if humans or from animals.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
16 Jun 18
what about fish bone? we call it tinik.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
16 Jun 18
@LadyDuck for bigger seeds like avocado, is it also nocciolo?
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@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
16 Jun 18
@hereandthere A fish bone has a specific name and it is called "lisca". Italian is a very rich language, we have many more words than English.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
20 Jun 18
i've seen it used by other native/non-us speakers.
i'm glad you liked them.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
21 Jun 18
Tagalog is sometimes confusing as those what you said. 
I lobe Indian mango , a bit yellow and dipped in sauteed shrimp paste when I was younger about 30 yrs old and below. But now, I let it ripen first before I eat it. I like fruits ripe especially mango.
I lobe Indian mango , a bit yellow and dipped in sauteed shrimp paste when I was younger about 30 yrs old and below. But now, I let it ripen first before I eat it. I like fruits ripe especially mango.3 people like this
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
22 Jun 18
@hereandthere I like them raw, dipped in sauteed shrimp paste or bagoong balayan (fish sauce of the Ilocanos) when I was still single. But as I grow older, I prefer the ripe ones already.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
21 Jun 18
i remember one dip when we were kids was patis (fish sauce) with sugar and when the small indian mango is yellow but crunchy. perfect combination.
what i never liked was green mango with shrimp paste (bagoong). i'm not into sour food.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
21 Jun 18
what i gather from the responses is seeds are small and numerous, while pips are big and just one.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
24 Jun 18
The sizes do you think?
Am not native English.
Green mangoes are so delicious, raw with salt and chilly..Cut up into small pieces, made into juice or chutney.
And of course pickles.
We are enjoying the mango season here
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
27 Jun 18
we have different kinds of mangoes.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
27 Jun 18
@arthurchappell it's the season here. Would be glad to treat you to them if you pay a visit
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
16 Jun 18
In my province, bone is tulang and seed is bukel..
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
16 Jun 18
according to frederick, bukel is bone and seed in pangasinan. is tulang and bukel ilocano? ivatan?
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
16 Jun 18
@hereandthere yes it's Ilocano.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
16 Jun 18
if ghutli is hindi for seed, what is the word for bone?
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
16 Jun 18
@hereandthere , We call bone as 'Haddi' in Hindi!
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
16 Jun 18
@AKRao24 does haddi include fish bones? because we will call human and animal bone, buto, but for fish, it's called tinik.
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@shaggin (71666)
• United States
21 Jun 18
@hereandthere I've had dried mangoes and it's delicious but nope the kind I bought didn't have an actual seed in it like an apple would. If I remember correctly I ate it all minus the skin.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
21 Jun 18
we have different types of mangoes in the philippines.
the mangoes you buy have no seed in them? the only mango i can think of like that would be dried mangoes.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
23 Jun 18
@shaggin how interesting. i've never seen a mango without seed.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
29 Jun 18
seeds are smaller and there is many of them inside the fruit or flower. Pit belongs to the stone fruit family like Mangoes, peaches, avocadoes, apricots etc...
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
29 Jun 18
@hereandthere There is another kind of "seed" the grains! The best examples are corn,rice,wheat,Quinoa and lentil.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
29 Jun 18
@CaptAlbertWhisker oh, yeah. butil can mean a seed that you plant, but also a grain like grain of rice (butil ng bigas).
@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
29 Jun 18
that's what i'm learning, too, from the responses here.
@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
20 Jun 18
depends on the size of the seed/stones which I call them.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
20 Jun 18
@hereandthere yes, that is the distinction I make too
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
24 Jun 18
Well I sort of guessed and said the same thing.actually in the local languages there are specific names too
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
24 Jun 18
@id_peace is that cantonese? does gu refer to animal bone and human bone and fish bone?
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
24 Jun 18
yes, that's green mango so it's a fruit. what are the words for bone and seed in chinese?
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
22 Jun 18
dipping a nearly ripening mango in sugar adds sweetness; otherwise, an unripe mango for me goes well with fish sauce or sprinkles of salt and vinegar
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
23 Jun 18
we also have the big green mangoes. we picked out the soft ones that's beginning to turn yellow. when we peeled it, it was almost orange inside, and yet it was still sour!
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
23 Jun 18
@hereandthere i like dipping that on 'patis' or if the sweetness is more than the sourness, refined sugar will be fine
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
16 Jun 18
Just the same as yours, @hereandthere. 
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
16 Jun 18
@mlgen1037 i thought you were half-ilocana
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
16 Jun 18
@hereandthere I am pure Tagalog so same with "buto". But in my husband's Cebuano dialect it is "bukog."
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
16 Jun 18
if pukel is equivalent to bone, what is the word for seed?
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
16 Jun 18
@simplfred i see. similar to buto (bone and seed)
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
24 Jun 18
I don't really think about it. I just enjoy eating the fruit!
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
24 Jun 18
it's like that anecdote about 2 people arguing about the glass half-empty and half-full. someone passed by and drank the water!
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
21 Jun 18
I was looking at mango's in the store as well here, I wondered how you eat those. Do you cook them or do you slice and eat them like an apple?? I have eaten them dried before and I love them that way but didn't know if you could eat them as is. I usually call it a seed or a pit.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
21 Jun 18
there are different kinds of mangoes here.
yes you can peel and eat them as is. some make them into smoothies or add pieces to desserts.
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
21 Jun 18
@hereandthere The ones here are a brownish red color, I will pick one up and try it when I go back to the store.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
23 Jun 18
Pit or stone seems to work in CAnada for mangoes or peaches- seeds are for the smaller seeds found in grapes and oranges. :)
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
23 Jun 18
that seems to be the case - depends on the size (big or small) and the number (many vs one)
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
26 Jun 18
@hereandthere That seems to work a lot of the time.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
16 Jun 18
bukog and liso is bisaya? what about tinik (fish bone)?
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
16 Jun 18
@hereandthere
No bukog is fish bone or bone,
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