𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 10 months 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-squaremessage-square91linkfedilinkarrow-up1309arrow-down124
arrow-up1285arrow-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@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square91linkfedilink
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down2·10 months agoI thought it was more “apples of the Earth”, n’est-ce pas?
minus-squareCagi@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoNo, it’s like how apple juice is jus de pomme.
minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoYeah, I wasn’t going for transliteration. “Apples of Earth” doesn’t convey the same concept.
minus-squareCyanideShotInjection@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoNot really cause then it would be “pommes de la terre”. For the record, some of us also use the word “patate” which is straight up the equivalent of potato.
I thought it was more “apples of the Earth”, n’est-ce pas?
No, it’s like how apple juice is jus de pomme.
Yeah, I wasn’t going for transliteration. “Apples of Earth” doesn’t convey the same concept.
Not really cause then it would be “pommes de la terre”.
For the record, some of us also use the word “patate” which is straight up the equivalent of potato.