WORD: [What's in a word?] BANANA

BANANA

- is a major staple crop for us, Filipinos and in other tropical countries.                   

For  those  who will consult  Mr. Wikipedia, try "musa acuminata, musa balbilsiana" or hybrid of both.

Most BANANAS can  be eaten  fresh   boiled, fried,  or  baked.  

   So  what's  in  this  word  that  humans  are  so  hooked  into  it . If  you  are  familiar  with  the  following  I'm  sure  you  will  agree with  me that  majority  are  addicted  то - BANANAS.

The TV  SHOW  "BANANAS  in  PAJAMAS "  - is  an  Australian  original  childrens television  тхат вас franchised  by  ABS -CBN  and  was  dubbed  in  tagalog . And  until  now  majority  knew  the  lyrics  that  goes  "... sina  Б1 at  Б2 laging  magkasama ..."

GWEN STEFANIS'   "HOLLABACK GIRL "  - this  cherrio  tuned  song  has  included  in  the  word  "Б-А-N-А-N-А-S", spelled -out in  the  lyrics  which  I  find  it  catchy . 

PLDT COMMERCIAL's  "ANNA БАNANA" - is  earning  it's  fame  in  television  with  а boy  singing  "Anna  Баnаnа".    Well , at  first  I  laughed  at  it  but later I  find  the  commercial  entertaining  and  effective. Here's the thing, did you know that the director of this commercial walked-out during the presentation of this material to the CEO and Top Management of the company? This was called crap. BUT, the commercial turned out to be a HUGE HUGE HUGE SUCCESS!

So BIG that a sequel was made by the same production staff and director.



But  did  you  know  that  BANANAS  are  used  as  part  of  the  essential  traditional  offering to Buddha ?  You  heard  it  right . In  Burma, they place  this  in  а form  of  tray  - as  BANANA  is  one  of  the  important  fruits  in  their  faith , the  two  are ,  Mango  and  Jackfruit .

          Now you know. BUT what's really in this word that the 3G's are so gaga of.


         I'll just whisper it to you... "BANANA" is often used as a symbol of phallic. You may laugh at it BUT that's the reality - BANANA is directly associated with the male human organ. Simple as that.

       So what do I mean by the 3 G's - it means - Girls, Guys and Gays.