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There is no such thing as a vegetable (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world

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[–] WadeTheWizard@fedia.io 74 points 1 year ago (4 children)

If apples and potaoes are different then why do the French call them pommes de terre?

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[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 76 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Because their language is made of hate

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[–] jehreg@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Now look up “pommes de route” and blow your mind.

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[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It appears to be a music album. I didn't even know they were plants, much less vegetables!

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[+] ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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[–] jehreg@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

You didn’t dive deep enough; the album is named after something.

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[+] ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

They are the French. Don't expect them to be reasonable.

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

You almost had me there with your frogeater logic.

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[–] cabillaud@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago

It comes from Latin "malum terrae", which has been attested in French since 1488 to designate various tuber or bulb plants

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