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minus-squareWhats_your_reasoning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 days agoThat’s fun, reminds me of how French calls potatoes “apples of the earth” (pommes de terre.)
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoAnd the tomato, in Italian, is called “pomodoro”, literally “golden apple”.
minus-squareHalcyon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 days agoIn German, potatoes are also called ‘Erdäpfel’ although that is considered as outdated and somewhat funny.
minus-squarewintermute@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoI think it’s still very common in Austria
minus-squareHalcyon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 hours agoOh, yes? They also have ‘Paradeiser’! (Tomatoes)
minus-squarepau_hana@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoIn Baden, I sometimes even hear them called Grumbeere
minus-squareHalcyon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoOh, that I never heard. But I always lived in the North.
That’s fun, reminds me of how French calls potatoes “apples of the earth” (pommes de terre.)
And the tomato, in Italian, is called “pomodoro”, literally “golden apple”.
In German, potatoes are also called ‘Erdäpfel’ although that is considered as outdated and somewhat funny.
I think it’s still very common in Austria
Oh, yes? They also have ‘Paradeiser’! (Tomatoes)
In Baden, I sometimes even hear them called Grumbeere
Oh, that I never heard. But I always lived in the North.