𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 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-square186linkfedilinkarrow-up1375arrow-down126
arrow-up1349arrow-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@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 个月前message-square186linkfedilink
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up72arrow-down2·9 个月前It’s their superficial resemblance to pinecones.
minus-squareThe Ramen Dutchman@ttrpg.networkcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up13·9 个月前It’s a bit cherry picked, but only a bit, since there are a few languages that just copied the English word later on. Japanese and Korean come to mind.
minus-squarethis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-29 个月前That actually makes it funnier to me because ananas would be easier to pronounce in Japanese vs pineapple. Ananansu(u is silent) vs Painappuru.
minus-squareThe Ramen Dutchman@ttrpg.networkcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 个月前Oh absolutely! They just had no ananas exposure beyond that from the Americans.
minus-squareraef@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-29 个月前Here’s how the creation of the graphic went: Create a binary Ignore vast majority (of people working with subject) slap together chart, cherrypicking Gloat
minus-squareFushuan [he/him]@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 个月前And anthough it might be correct, I’ve never head anyone say mañana in Basque. We just use piña(pinia)
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 个月前Fun fact: no one knows why us squid are called that in English and no other language calls us anything like that.
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 个月前i call bullshit. its “abacaxi” in portuguese, not nanana
It’s their superficial resemblance to pinecones.
It’s a bit cherry picked, but only a bit, since there are a few languages that just copied the English word later on.
Japanese and Korean come to mind.
That actually makes it funnier to me because ananas would be easier to pronounce in Japanese vs pineapple. Ananansu(u is silent) vs Painappuru.
Oh absolutely!
They just had no ananas exposure beyond that from the Americans.
Spanish conveniently missing
Here’s how the creation of the graphic went:
And anthough it might be correct, I’ve never head anyone say mañana in Basque. We just use piña(pinia)
Fun fact: no one knows why us squid are called that in English and no other language calls us anything like that.
i call bullshit. its “abacaxi” in portuguese, not nanana