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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Isnt that most common in Austria

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's my understanding. Though I have only visited the Kartoffel regions myself.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

I know the Germans near the Czech border are also calling it erdapfel sometimes but in southern Bavaria and Austria it's the norm from my experience.

[–] Miphera 1 points 1 month ago

I'm in Bavaria, and my grandparents used to say Erdapfel, though for any generations after that I've only ever heard them say Kartoffel.