𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍 to [email protected] • 1 month 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-up1373
arrow-up1373message-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] • 1 month agomessage-square177fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•1 month 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