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[-] scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org 51 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Unimperfect@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

In Castellano (Spanish from Spain), it's called piña.

[-] raef@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Spanish in other places, too—piña colada, anyone?

The takeaway here is, the rest of the world uses different words than the continents where it comes from

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Also what I was taught in US Spanish classes.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Ananas

Bananas

:-/

[-] sxan@midwest.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

You can't include English in any rational discussion about languages. It breaks every rule, and isn't one language, but a pidgin of three or four. It's a bastard of a language, and what-about-ism involving English is so trivial it's not worth debating. You can always find a worse example of any language linguistic stupidity in English.

[-] Enkrod@feddit.org 5 points 2 weeks ago

The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.

Writer James D. Nicoll

[-] scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 weeks ago
[-] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago
[-] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

The James Nicoll quote is better - use that instead.

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