𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍 to Showerthoughts • 1 day agoIt'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?message-square102fedilinkarrow-up1267arrow-down116
arrow-up1251arrow-down1message-squareIt'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 to Showerthoughts • 1 day agomessage-square102fedilink
minus-square@Dasuslink4•7 hours agoIt also explain why we here in the Nordics call oranges “appelsin”, as in a “Chinese apple”.
It also explain why we here in the Nordics call oranges “appelsin”, as in a “Chinese apple”.
Same in Dutch: sinaasappel