'C' For 'CHERRIES'

Fede Galizia (Italian late Renaissance woman artist 1578-1630), Silver compote with cherries and a butterfly, oil on panel, private collection

In Italian we have a tasty tanslation of 'one thing leads to another'. We say 'one cherry leads to another'. The reason for reinventing the word 'thing' for this saying is that in Italian the word thing translates COSA. On its turn the Italian word for CHERRY, ciliegia starts with 'C' and that's where the substitution comes from.

I noticed this interesting curiosity by translating this Italian saying into English. I could not find such an involvement of cherries in English like we do in Italian. So I did a little research. I found out that German and French adopted the Italian saying's literal translation:  'Eine Kirsche zieht die andere' for German and 'Une cerise tire l'autre' in French. Other languages in Europe translated the original Italian saying literally: 'One cherry leads to another', which is so true for cherries. I can't wait for cherries to be back in season. I love cherries!

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This is my second edition  of short  stories entitled "Cake Stands for Cama": stories about my favorites starting with the letter "C".  

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