𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 18 days agoIt'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?message-squaremessage-square188fedilinkarrow-up1368arrow-down126
arrow-up1342arrow-down1message-squareIt'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 · 18 days agomessage-square188fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·17 days agoFun fact: no one knows why us squid are called that in English and no other language calls us anything like that.
Fun fact: no one knows why us squid are called that in English and no other language calls us anything like that.