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minus-squarehuppakee@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·8 days agofun fact, in dutch a potato is called an earth-apple
minus-squareEndymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up24·8 days agoI believe also in French, ‘pomme de terre’.
minus-squarebleistift2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 days agoSome dialects of German have this, too.
minus-squareA Wild Mimic appears!@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoyeah, austrian german is using the “Erdapfel” too, but over the last 40+ years of german TV the “Kartoffel” has become a lot more common
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 days agoAt one point in time, all fruit/vegetable was called “apple.”
minus-squareAqarius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoAlso, earth-pear, for some reason.
minus-squareSkunkWorkz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 days agoIn Dutch Aardpeer is the Jerusalem Artichoke not potato https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aardpeer Jerusalem Artichoke are a type of sunflower and potatoes are nightshades so not the same type of plant even though they both are grown for their tubers.
minus-squarePhilipTheBucket@ponder.catlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK16HXxQTO4
fun fact, in dutch a potato is called an earth-apple
I believe also in French, ‘pomme de terre’.
That is correct.
Some dialects of German have this, too.
yeah, austrian german is using the “Erdapfel” too, but over the last 40+ years of german TV the “Kartoffel” has become a lot more common
At one point in time, all fruit/vegetable was called “apple.”
sounds confusing
Also, earth-pear, for some reason.
In Dutch Aardpeer is the Jerusalem Artichoke not potato
https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aardpeer
Jerusalem Artichoke are a type of sunflower and potatoes are nightshades so not the same type of plant even though they both are grown for their tubers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK16HXxQTO4