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𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 months ago

It'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?

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It'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@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 months ago
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    In Germany they are called Kartoffeln (which is also a slur for the Germans itself).
    But potatoes are also called Erdäpfel (ground apples) or in southern dialect Krombire (bent pear).
    More variants here:
    Source (German): https://die-kartoffel.de/wissen/schon-gewusst/kartoffel-deutsche-dialekte/

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      So calling someone a potato in German is a slur?

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        Semi.
        Another kind of slur is calling “spießig” (dunno the english word. Google suggests stuffy or bourgeois) Germans “Almans” which is essentially the french word for german people but if you call a german “Alman” it’s kinda an insult (unless you own it).

        Edit: I just noticed what a grammatical nonsense I wrote. :p

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          Similarly, in Spanish, Aleman means German, as such Alemania means Germany.

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      7 months ago

      Nudel?? NUDEL???

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      And french fries are Pommes Frites. Fried apples

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      I’m not sure this map is accurate. I have never heard any of the terms that this maps claims to be used in the region I come from.

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