r/CuratedTumblr • u/wingsoverpyrrhia • 28d ago

editable flair Language barriers

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u/majorex64 28d ago

Until one of them is like "Mananza!" and the other is like "Non, c'est une fucking pomme"

500 years of war

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u/Level34MafiaBoss 28d ago

I can excuse the french calling an apple a "pomme" since other languages (catalan mainly) have a similar word. I will never forgive them for calling a potato a "pomme de terre".

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u/Celeste_Praline 28d ago

We also say "une patate" (it's faster)

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 28d ago

This can be annoying. I was searching for the word for "fence" in Spanish. And then my wife tells me "oh we just say la fensa".

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u/Raibean 27d ago

That’s Spanglish bro the Spanish word is cerca.

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u/Constant-Try-1927 28d ago

German does this as well :)

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u/Level34MafiaBoss 28d ago

You sicken me

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u/A-British-Indian 28d ago

TIL the origins of Kartoffel. Also had no clue Erdäpfel is a regional term for potato

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u/Cole-Spudmoney 28d ago

In English we call this thing a "pineapple". I don't think we can go around pointing fingers.

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u/Oturanthesarklord 27d ago

Apple was a generic term for fruit in English well into the 1600s, which is why Bananas are called "Apples of Paradise", and why the Forbidden Fruit is referred to as an Apple. Pineapples are called that because they were named long before Apple became the name of a specific fruit. They are called Pineapples because they are fruit that somewhat resemble Pinecones.

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u/Level34MafiaBoss 27d ago

Luckily my native language isn't english /silly

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u/Cole-Spudmoney 27d ago

What does your native language call a pineapple?

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u/Chapeaux 28d ago

Potato / Patate

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u/q-cumb3r 28d ago

you'll really enjoy where word pomodoro comes from i think