Drew@sopuli.xyz to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoThere is no such thing as a vegetablesopuli.xyzimagemessage-square152linkfedilinkarrow-up1408arrow-down135
arrow-up1373arrow-down1imageThere is no such thing as a vegetablesopuli.xyzDrew@sopuli.xyz to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square152linkfedilink
minus-squareWadeTheWizard@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up73·1 day agoIf apples and potaoes are different then why do the French call them pommes de terre?
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up76·1 day agoBecause their language is made of hate
minus-squarejehreg@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·1 day agoNow look up “pommes de route” and blow your mind.
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoIt appears to be a music album. I didn’t even know they were plants, much less vegetables!
minus-squareWugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoThe English phrase that seems to most accurately translate is horse apples.
minus-squarejehreg@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 day agoYou didn’t dive deep enough; the album is named after something.
minus-squareWugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoFrench has a unique method of coming up with swear words
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoThey are the French. Don’t expect them to be reasonable.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoYou almost had me there with your frogeater logic.
minus-squarecabillaud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 hours 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
They are the French. Don’t expect them to be reasonable.
You almost had me there with your frogeater logic.
It comes from Latin “malum terrae”, which has been attested in French since 1488 to designate various tuber or bulb plants