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-square91fedilinkarrow-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-square91fedilink
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.
Spanish conveniently missing
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.
i call bullshit. its “abacaxi” in portuguese, not nanana