Drew@sopuli.xyz to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agoThere is no such thing as a vegetablesopuli.xyzimagemessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1252arrow-down123
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minus-squarehuppakee@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·10 hours agofun fact, in dutch a potato is called an earth-apple
minus-squareEndymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up22·10 hours agoI believe also in French, ‘pomme de terre’.
minus-squarebleistift2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 hours agoSome dialects of German have this, too.
minus-squareA Wild Mimic appears!@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoyeah, austrian german is using the “Erdapfel” too, but over the last 40+ years of german TV the “Kartoffel” has become a lot more common
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours agoAt one point in time, all fruit/vegetable was called “apple.”
minus-squarePhilipTheBucket@ponder.catlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK16HXxQTO4
fun fact, in dutch a potato is called an earth-apple
I believe also in French, ‘pomme de terre’.
That is correct.
Some dialects of German have this, too.
yeah, austrian german is using the “Erdapfel” too, but over the last 40+ years of german TV the “Kartoffel” has become a lot more common
At one point in time, all fruit/vegetable was called “apple.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK16HXxQTO4