Drew@sopuli.xyz to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoThere is no such thing as a vegetablesopuli.xyzimagemessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up1382arrow-down132
arrow-up1350arrow-down1imageThere is no such thing as a vegetablesopuli.xyzDrew@sopuli.xyz to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square105fedilink
minus-squareWadeTheWizard@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up59·3 months agoIf apples and potaoes are different then why do the French call them pommes de terre?
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoThey are the French. Don’t expect them to be reasonable.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoYou almost had me there with your frogeater logic.
minus-squarecabillaud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months 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