𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 个月前It'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-square177fedilinkarrow-up1373arrow-down126
arrow-up1347arrow-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 · 4 个月前message-square177fedilink
minus-squareBonerMan@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·4 个月前Isnt that most common in Austria
minus-squarekersploosh@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 个月前That’s my understanding. Though I have only visited the Kartoffel regions myself.
minus-squareBonerMan@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 个月前I know the Germans near the Czech border are also calling it erdapfel sometimes but in southern Bavaria and Austria it’s the norm from my experience.
minus-squareMiphera@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 个月前I’m in Bavaria, and my grandparents used to say Erdapfel, though for any generations after that I’ve only ever heard them say Kartoffel.
Isnt that most common in Austria
That’s my understanding. Though I have only visited the Kartoffel regions myself.
I know the Germans near the Czech border are also calling it erdapfel sometimes but in southern Bavaria and Austria it’s the norm from my experience.
I’m in Bavaria, and my grandparents used to say Erdapfel, though for any generations after that I’ve only ever heard them say Kartoffel.