Drew@sopuli.xyz to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 30 days agoThere is no such thing as a vegetablesopuli.xyzimagemessage-square177fedilinkarrow-up1440arrow-down138
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minus-squareWadeTheWizard@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up74·30 days agoIf apples and potaoes are different then why do the French call them pommes de terre?
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up76·30 days agoBecause their language is made of hate
minus-squarejehreg@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·30 days agoNow look up “pommes de route” and blow your mind.
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·30 days agoIt appears to be a music album. I didn’t even know they were plants, much less vegetables!
minus-squareWugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·30 days agoThe English phrase that seems to most accurately translate is horse apples.
minus-squarejehreg@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·30 days agoYou didn’t dive deep enough; the album is named after something.
minus-squareWugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·30 days agoFrench has a unique method of coming up with swear words
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·30 days agoYou almost had me there with your frogeater logic.
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·30 days agoThey are the French. Don’t expect them to be reasonable.
minus-squarecabillaud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·30 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?
Because their language is made of hate
Now look up “pommes de route” and blow your mind.
It appears to be a music album. I didn’t even know they were plants, much less vegetables!
The English phrase that seems to most accurately translate is horse apples.
You didn’t dive deep enough; the album is named after something.
French has a unique method of coming up with swear words
You almost had me there with your frogeater logic.
They are the French. Don’t expect them to be reasonable.
It comes from Latin “malum terrae”, which has been attested in French since 1488 to designate various tuber or bulb plants