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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•edit-22 days agoNot just French. Just about any language calls it ananas or very similar, except…
minus-square@TheGrandNaguslinkEnglish3•edit-22 days agoUK just took France’s logic to naming potatoes (earth apples) and went “well I guess it’s like a pinecone… pineapple. That’s sufficient.” I think it’s Pina in Spanish too.
minus-square@marcoslink3•edit-22 days agoEh… Most of Brazil calls it “abacaxi”. And by “most”, I mean almost all of it, and the exception is there because of recent immigrants bringing the other name.
Not just French. Just about any language calls it ananas or very similar, except…
The classic cocktail:
piñaanana coladaUK just took France’s logic to naming potatoes (earth apples) and went “well I guess it’s like a pinecone… pineapple. That’s sufficient.”
I think it’s Pina in Spanish too.
Piña*
Eh…
Most of Brazil calls it “abacaxi”. And by “most”, I mean almost all of it, and the exception is there because of recent immigrants bringing the other name.