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Drew@sopuli.xyz to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

There is no such thing as a vegetable

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There is no such thing as a vegetable

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Drew@sopuli.xyz to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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  • WadeTheWizard@fedia.io
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    If apples and potaoes are different then why do the French call them pommes de terre?

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      Because their language is made of hate

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

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      You almost had me there with your frogeater logic.

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

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      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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