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minus-squareWhats_your_reasoning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·23 hours agoThat’s fun, reminds me of how French calls potatoes “apples of the earth” (pommes de terre.)
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·14 hours agoAnd the tomato, in Italian, is called “pomodoro”, literally “golden apple”.
minus-squareHalcyon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-217 hours agoIn German, potatoes are also called ‘Erdäpfel’ although that is considered as outdated and somewhat funny.
minus-squarewintermute@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoI think it’s still very common in Austria
minus-squarepau_hana@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 hours agoIn Baden, I sometimes even hear them called Grumbeere
minus-squareHalcyon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 hours 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In German, potatoes are also called ‘Erdäpfel’ although that is considered as outdated and somewhat funny.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
In Baden, I sometimes even hear them called Grumbeere
Oh, that I never heard. But I always lived in the North.