Comments on: Ibn Batuta Mall http://www.desertofmydreams.com/2005/12/ibn-batuta-mall/ Noor's Blog Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:22:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5-RC1 By: Noor http://www.desertofmydreams.com/2005/12/ibn-batuta-mall/#comment-215 Noor Thu, 29 Dec 2005 08:00:18 +0000 http://www.desertofmydreams.com/?p=2053#comment-215 Batata also means potato in Arabic but I never made the connection between Ibn Batuta and potatoes. For some reason, the duck association is what resonates the most with me. I think there may have been a duck-like character in Arabic cartoons who was called batuta, though, so maybe that's where I got it from? Batata also means potato in Arabic but I never made the connection between Ibn Batuta and potatoes. For some reason, the duck association is what resonates the most with me.

I think there may have been a duck-like character in Arabic cartoons who was called batuta, though, so maybe that’s where I got it from?

]]> By: Madhu http://www.desertofmydreams.com/2005/12/ibn-batuta-mall/#comment-214 Madhu Wed, 28 Dec 2005 23:37:28 +0000 http://www.desertofmydreams.com/?p=2053#comment-214 Thats funny because I played him in a school play about Sultan Mohammed Bin Tughlaq... and until then, I had always associated him with a potato .. as Batata in Hindi means potato. And my schoolmates called me potato for the rest of the year because of that. Thats funny because I played him in a school play about Sultan Mohammed Bin Tughlaq… and until then, I had always associated him with a potato .. as Batata in Hindi means potato. And my schoolmates called me potato for the rest of the year because of that.

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