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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? (midwest.social)
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[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Probably to avoid confusion with bananas?

[-] RandomVideos@programming.dev 19 points 2 weeks ago

Is english known for trying to avoid confusion?

[-] x00z@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Oh you can't even imagine the amount of times I put a pineapple up there.

[-] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Here i go, imagining again.

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