𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍 to [email protected] • 2 months 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-square177fedilinkarrow-up1374
arrow-up1374message-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 [email protected] • 2 months agomessage-square177fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•2 months agoIt also explain why we here in the Nordics call oranges “appelsin”, as in a “Chinese apple”.
It also explain why we here in the Nordics call oranges “appelsin”, as in a “Chinese apple”.
Same in Dutch: sinaasappel