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minus-squareWhats_your_reasoning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 months agoThat’s fun, reminds me of how French calls potatoes “apples of the earth” (pommes de terre.)
minus-squareHalcyon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 months agoIn German, potatoes are also called ‘Erdäpfel’ although that is considered as outdated and somewhat funny.
minus-squarepau_hana@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoIn Baden, I sometimes even hear them called Grumbeere
minus-squareHalcyon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoOh, that I never heard. But I always lived in the North.
minus-squarewintermute@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI think it’s still very common in Austria
minus-squareHalcyon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoOh, yes? They also have ‘Paradeiser’! (Tomatoes)
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months 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In German, potatoes are also called ‘Erdäpfel’ although that is considered as outdated and somewhat funny.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
Oh, yes? They also have ‘Paradeiser’! (Tomatoes)
And the tomato, in Italian, is called “pomodoro”, literally “golden apple”.