Drew@sopuli.xyz to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

There is no such thing as a vegetable

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There is no such thing as a vegetable

Drew@sopuli.xyz to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

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If apples and potaoes are different then why do the French call them pommes de terre?
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  They are the French. Don’t expect them to be reasonable.
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  You almost had me there with your frogeater logic.
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  It comes from Latin “malum terrae”, which has been attested in French since 1488 to designate various tuber or bulb plants

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