𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 17 days agoIt's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple?message-squaremessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down17
arrow-up160arrow-down1message-squareIt's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple?𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 17 days agomessage-square136fedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·17 days agoProbably to avoid confusion with bananas?
minus-squarex00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 days agoOh you can’t even imagine the amount of times I put a pineapple up there.
minus-squareslackassassin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 days agoHere i go, imagining again.
minus-squareRandomVideos@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 days agoIs english known for trying to avoid confusion?
Probably to avoid confusion with bananas?
Oh you can’t even imagine the amount of times I put a pineapple up there.
Here i go, imagining again.
Is english known for trying to avoid confusion?