Drew@sopuli.xyz to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agoThere is no such thing as a vegetablesopuli.xyzimagemessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1381arrow-down132
arrow-up1349arrow-down1imageThere is no such thing as a vegetablesopuli.xyzDrew@sopuli.xyz to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square106fedilink
minus-squareWadeTheWizard@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up59·18 days agoIf apples and potaoes are different then why do the French call them pommes de terre?
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·18 days agoThey are the French. Don’t expect them to be reasonable.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·18 days agoYou almost had me there with your frogeater logic.
minus-squarecabillaud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days agoIt comes from Latin “malum terrae”, which has been attested in French since 1488 to designate various tuber or bulb plants
If apples and potaoes are different then why do the French call them pommes de terre?
They are the French. Don’t expect them to be reasonable.
You almost had me there with your frogeater logic.
It comes from Latin “malum terrae”, which has been attested in French since 1488 to designate various tuber or bulb plants