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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] 63 points 4 days ago (7 children)

Look, we're talking people who call ninety-nine “four twenty ten nine”; you can't expect them to name things properly.

[–] ours 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Something thankfully not all French-speaking countries agree. But the ground apple is pretty much universal. The alternative "patate" is also widely used,

Stuff from the "new world" (Americas) often got some weird names. Like the "Indian chickens" (turkeys).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Edit: I misunderstood

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I misunderstood

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