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𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

It'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?

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It'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 · 1 year ago
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    Look, we’re talking people who call ninety-nine “four twenty ten nine”; you can’t expect them to name things properly.

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      Something thankfully not all French-speaking countries agree. But the ground apple is pretty much universal. The alternative “patate” is also widely used,

      Stuff from the “new world” (Americas) often got some weird names. Like the “Indian chickens” (turkeys).

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        Edit: I misunderstood

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          I misunderstood

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      Winner. I’d forgotten about that.

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      Yeah, numbers in French are really weird.

      Look, I’m not criticizing French, or the French. It was just one of those things that struck me when I was learning it, and it pops up at odd times.

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