𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 hours 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-squaremessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down18
arrow-up1110arrow-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 hours agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 hours agoYeah, I wasn’t going for transliteration. “Apples of Earth” doesn’t convey the same concept.
Yeah, I wasn’t going for transliteration. “Apples of Earth” doesn’t convey the same concept.