Drew@sopuli.xyz to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoThere is no such thing as a vegetablesopuli.xyzimagemessage-square177linkfedilinkarrow-up1437arrow-down138
arrow-up1399arrow-down1imageThere is no such thing as a vegetablesopuli.xyzDrew@sopuli.xyz to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square177linkfedilink
minus-squareWadeTheWizard@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up74·2 months agoIf apples and potaoes are different then why do the French call them pommes de terre?
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up76·2 months agoBecause their language is made of hate
minus-squarejehreg@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·2 months agoNow look up “pommes de route” and blow your mind.
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoIt appears to be a music album. I didn’t even know they were plants, much less vegetables!
minus-squareWugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThe English phrase that seems to most accurately translate is horse apples.
minus-squarejehreg@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoYou didn’t dive deep enough; the album is named after something.
minus-squareWugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoFrench has a unique method of coming up with swear words
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoThey are the French. Don’t expect them to be reasonable.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoYou almost had me there with your frogeater logic.
minus-squarecabillaud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months 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