Drew@sopuli.xyz to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agoThere is no such thing as a vegetablesopuli.xyzimagemessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1241arrow-down123
arrow-up1218arrow-down1imageThere is no such thing as a vegetablesopuli.xyzDrew@sopuli.xyz to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square74fedilink
minus-squareWadeTheWizard@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up61·11 hours agoIf apples and potaoes are different then why do the French call them pommes de terre?
minus-squarecabillaud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 minutes agoIt comes from Latin “malum terrae”, which has been attested in French since 1488 to designate various tuber or bulb plants
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up66·11 hours agoBecause their language is made of hate
minus-squarejehreg@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·10 hours agoNow look up “pommes de route” and blow your mind.
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 hours agoIt appears to be a music album. I didn’t even know they were plants, much less vegetables!
minus-squareWugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours agoThe English phrase that seems to most accurately translate is horse apples.
minus-squarejehreg@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·9 hours agoYou didn’t dive deep enough; the album is named after something.
minus-squareWugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours agoFrench has a unique method of coming up with swear words
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 hours agoThey are the French. Don’t expect them to be reasonable.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 hours agoYou almost had me there with your frogeater logic.
If apples and potaoes are different then why do the French call them pommes de terre?
It comes from Latin “malum terrae”, which has been attested in French since 1488 to designate various tuber or bulb plants
Because their language is made of hate
Now look up “pommes de route” and blow your mind.
It appears to be a music album. I didn’t even know they were plants, much less vegetables!
The English phrase that seems to most accurately translate is horse apples.
You didn’t dive deep enough; the album is named after something.
French has a unique method of coming up with swear words
They are the French. Don’t expect them to be reasonable.
You almost had me there with your frogeater logic.