𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 7 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-square90fedilinkarrow-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 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 7 months agomessage-square90fedilink
minus-squareBlaze (he/him)linkfedilink102•7 months agoThe English for “ananas” is “pineapple”, did the English really think they grew on pine trees?
minus-squareFushuan [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish2•7 months agoAnd anthough it might be correct, I’ve never head anyone say mañana in Basque. We just use piña(pinia)
minus-square@raef@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•edit-27 months agoHere’s how the creation of the graphic went: Create a binary Ignore vast majority (of people working with subject) slap together chart, cherrypicking Gloat
minus-squareFlying Squidlinkfedilink4•7 months agoFun fact: no one knows why us squid are called that in English and no other language calls us anything like that.
minus-square@BearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilink30•7 months ago“Apple” is Old English for “fruit”, not specifically apple. And apparently “pineapple” for the tropical fruit predates “pine cone”, OE used “pine nut”. Earliest use of “pineapple” is 14th century translation for “pomegranate”.
minus-square@jordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink8•7 months agoProbably to avoid confusion with bananas?
minus-square@x00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•7 months agoOh you can’t even imagine the amount of times I put a pineapple up there.
minus-square@Shapillon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•7 months agoPineapples are a freak fruit though.They grow on some kind of weird weed like some kind of joke.
minus-squareNoSpotOfGroundlinkfedilink30•7 months agoThere is no such thing as a pineapple tree. That’s an AI image. Pineapples grow in an even more ridiculous way.
minus-square@BrundleFly2077@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink20•7 months agoHoly shit. It’s insane that random AI generated drivel and misinformation has already started seeping into random conversations like this. It really has already become completely ubiquitous, hasn’t it? 🤦🏻♂️ OOF
minus-square@sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilink2•7 months agoThose look closer to durian than pineapples tbh.
minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍OPlinkfedilink1•7 months agoDurian have a far worse reputation than their actual reality. Surströmming, on the other hand, over-achieves its reputation.
minus-squarerecursive_recursion they/themlinkfedilinkEnglish0•7 months agothat image looks pretty crazy!😮
minus-squareEpheralinkfedilink22•7 months agoIt’s AI-generated non-sense. Pineapples grow on small plants like this:
minus-squarerecursive_recursion they/themlinkfedilinkEnglish3•7 months agoahh that makes a lot more sense as I’m currently following MegadethRulz’s homegrown pineapple saga here :D
minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍OPlinkfedilink1•7 months agoYeah, I grabbed it at random froma search results. I think it’s not real.
The English for “ananas” is “pineapple”, did the English really think they grew on pine trees?
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And anthough it might be correct, I’ve never head anyone say mañana in Basque. We just use piña(pinia)
Here’s how the creation of the graphic went:
Fun fact: no one knows why us squid are called that in English and no other language calls us anything like that.
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“Apple” is Old English for “fruit”, not specifically apple.
And apparently “pineapple” for the tropical fruit predates “pine cone”, OE used “pine nut”.
Earliest use of “pineapple” is 14th century translation for “pomegranate”.
Probably to avoid confusion with bananas?
Oh you can’t even imagine the amount of times I put a pineapple up there.
Here i go, imagining again.
Pineapples are a freak fruit though.They grow on some kind of weird weed like some kind of joke.
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There is no such thing as a pineapple tree. That’s an AI image.
Pineapples grow in an even more ridiculous way.
Holy shit. It’s insane that random AI generated drivel and misinformation has already started seeping into random conversations like this. It really has already become completely ubiquitous, hasn’t it? 🤦🏻♂️ OOF
👆 ai detected
Those look closer to durian than pineapples tbh.
Durian have a far worse reputation than their actual reality. Surströmming, on the other hand, over-achieves its reputation.
that image looks pretty crazy!😮
It’s AI-generated non-sense. Pineapples grow on small plants like this:
ahh that makes a lot more sense as I’m currently following MegadethRulz’s homegrown pineapple saga here :D
Yeah, I grabbed it at random froma search results. I think it’s not real.