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'Pig/fig' is another link of Ada to Alice--and one of the most known puns in 'Wonderland' on the Duchess's baby boy turning into a pig (see Chapter 6, by Cheshire Cat).
Interestingly, prudish Carroll apparently had in mind only the sweet fruit (Ficus carica) and definitely did not mean 'fig' as an offensive gesture---although such archaic English usage (from Italian 'fico') exists e.g. in Shakespeare (HENRY V., iii. 6. 58. Pistol: 'figo [fico] for thy friendship'?)
As Alexei correctly notes, any Russian knows a 'fig' primarily as an offensive term/gesture ('kukish')--although a sweet Mediterranean fruit is known as well (mostly in dried form). Due to unpleasant homophony, it is usually called today by its Turkish name, 'injir'.
Victor Fet?
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