minus-squareMiphera@lemmy.worldtoShowerthoughts@lemmy.world•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?linkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoI’m in Bavaria, and my grandparents used to say Erdapfel, though for any generations after that I’ve only ever heard them say Kartoffel. linkfedilink
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minus-squareMiphera@lemmy.worldtoProgrammer Humor@programming.dev•Monitor Alignment Alignment Chartlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoLike this? :p linkfedilink
I’m in Bavaria, and my grandparents used to say Erdapfel, though for any generations after that I’ve only ever heard them say Kartoffel.