𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 1 month agoIt's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple?message-square186arrow-up1373arrow-down126
arrow-up1347arrow-down1message-squareIt's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple?𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 1 month agomessage-square186
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️linkfedilinkEnglish27•edit-21 month agoThere was a time when “pomme” was used to name any fruit.
minus-square@JasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilink8•1 month agoNow we just use fruit. Unless, incident, you’re talking of a Chinese Grapefruit, also know as Pomelo.
minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍OPlinkfedilink1•1 month agoI didn’t know that. Still a little odd to consider a potato “fruit,” but then avocados and tomatoes are considered vegetables, when one’s a berry and the other’s a fruit.
There was a time when “pomme” was used to name any fruit.
Now we just use fruit.
Unless, incident, you’re talking of a Chinese Grapefruit, also know as Pomelo.
I love grapefruiting
I didn’t know that. Still a little odd to consider a potato “fruit,” but then avocados and tomatoes are considered vegetables, when one’s a berry and the other’s a fruit.