ningles!"because it was introduced to England by so-called "Turkey merchants" who traded with the Mediterranean region, including the Ottoman Empire (which then controlled the eastern third of that sea). A similar confusion caused another New World species, maize or corn (Zea mays), to be called "Turkey wheat" or "Turkey corn" in England."
So now you know
(So now you know
Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration,
Tue 20 Nov 2007, 8:38,
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Liar!It's because they come from Turkey!
( Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!,
Tue 20 Nov 2007, 8:45,
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Turkey is in Europe silly! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!,
Tue 20 Nov 2007, 8:52,
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