Sunday, January 5, 2020

Strawberry Day



The word ichi means "one" (or in this case January), while go means "five" (fifth day).  Pronounced together it is ichigo - the Japanese word for strawberry.

11 comments:

Vireya said...

I'll have to go and see if there are any ready to pick in the garden!

diamondc said...

Pamela: This is very interesting.

Catherine

kiwikid said...

Yum, strawberries are good.

KaHolly said...

That’s interesting. Now I know three Japanese words.

DUTA said...

The strawberries in your picture look of the highest quality. Yummi!

Jeanie said...

I forgot about ichi! Once we had baby birds -- and I named them (and I think I have this right but it's been a LONG TIME) -- Ichi, Ni, San, Shi, Go. Is that close?

Janie said...

Strawberry day! Good excuse to have strawberries on my ice cream.

Queeniepatch said...

It is a good day to eat strawberries on, but this year they are SO dear. Meny plantations were totally destroyed in the autumn's devastating floods. The farmers say it will take at least a year until there is another crop.

FlashinScissors said...

Isn’t it strange how words are formed!
Barbara x

Julie said...

I'll have to tell my friend about this as she is allergic to strawberries, they bring her out in an itchy rash.

Leonore Winterer said...

Too bad there aren't a lot of real strawberries around this time of year!