My father, who couldn't resist not leaving well enough alone and needed to top his entire performance with a little fillip of more recent vintage, added that what was truly amazing was that, in Israel and in many Arab countries nowadays, the fruit is referred to by a totally different name: mishmish.My mother was nonplussed. We all, including my two cousins who were visiting that week, had an impulse to clap.
-André Aciman
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