Fun interaction with the fruit sellers there. No taste sample available? Shouldn't the fruit be washed first before consuming? Your video has brought joy and information to your viewers. Have a blessed day, Shanae..
Avocados were called “Ply Avoca” (ah-voh-kah) in the 1970s and prior. My great-grandfather who was one of the last feudal lords grew them in his plantation aka garden. The Khmer Rouge saw it as foreign and uprooted it. Or so my mother says, so I’ll take it as a form of truth to not hide a truth if it turns out to be the truth. But it does hold a great amount of weight considering the French called it “Avocat(e)” and the fruit itself is foreign, but native to Central America, so as aforementioned, my mother’s truth still holds a great deal of weight indeed. And athough “Beurre” is a French word for butter, that’s a term the Vietnamese use for the fruit in which they say “trái bơ” translated word for word as “Fruit Beurre”, - and is definitely not what the Khmers prior to the ‘70s called it. You can use Google translate yourself for the latter (i.e., English to Vietnamese). Khmers don’t culturally appropriate or rather Khmers don’t come up with new terms like what the Thais, Vietnamese, and black people do as a counteract to go against the social norm at the time by creating a new national sense of identity using their own socially constructed terms. Hence why Khmers use “Ply Avoca” and “Num Pang Pâté” sandwiches which are from the French words Avocat(e), Pain, and Pâté respectively.
You are a funny person and smart, fast pace learner. I enjoy watching you. I'm laughing with you at the same time. I'm a grandma but don't even know the name of those fruits. One of these days, and I'm hoping that I will be able to visit Cambodia and enjoy eating variety of fruits. Thank you for sharing the video. Wishing you a good health and stay safe.
She said “careme” from the French word crème for cream like me and I’m Khmer. I guess the word “ktis” means cream. Well I definitely didn’t know that until watching this video. Technically she isn’t wrong.
