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minus-squareWhats_your_reasoning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 days agoThat’s fun, reminds me of how French calls potatoes “apples of the earth” (pommes de terre.)
minus-squareHalcyon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-210 days agoIn German, potatoes are also called ‘Erdäpfel’ although that is considered as outdated and somewhat funny.
minus-squarepau_hana@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 days agoIn Baden, I sometimes even hear them called Grumbeere
minus-squareHalcyon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 days agoOh, that I never heard. But I always lived in the North.
minus-squarewintermute@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoI think it’s still very common in Austria
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 days agoAnd the tomato, in Italian, is called “pomodoro”, literally “golden apple”.
That’s fun, reminds me of how French calls potatoes “apples of the earth” (pommes de terre.)
In German, potatoes are also called ‘Erdäpfel’ although that is considered as outdated and somewhat funny.
In Baden, I sometimes even hear them called Grumbeere
Oh, that I never heard. But I always lived in the North.
I think it’s still very common in Austria
And the tomato, in Italian, is called “pomodoro”, literally “golden apple”.