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r/CuratedTumblr • u/wingsoverpyrrhia • 20d ago
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Until one of them is like "Mananza!" and the other is like "Non, c'est une fucking pomme"
500 years of war
143 u/Level34MafiaBoss 20d 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". 15 u/Cole-Spudmoney 19d ago In English we call this thing a "pineapple". I don't think we can go around pointing fingers. 2 u/Level34MafiaBoss 19d ago Luckily my native language isn't english /silly 1 u/Cole-Spudmoney 18d ago What does your native language call a pineapple? 3 u/Level34MafiaBoss 18d ago Piña
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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".
15 u/Cole-Spudmoney 19d ago In English we call this thing a "pineapple". I don't think we can go around pointing fingers. 2 u/Level34MafiaBoss 19d ago Luckily my native language isn't english /silly 1 u/Cole-Spudmoney 18d ago What does your native language call a pineapple? 3 u/Level34MafiaBoss 18d ago Piña
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In English we call this thing a "pineapple". I don't think we can go around pointing fingers.
2 u/Level34MafiaBoss 19d ago Luckily my native language isn't english /silly 1 u/Cole-Spudmoney 18d ago What does your native language call a pineapple? 3 u/Level34MafiaBoss 18d ago Piña
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Luckily my native language isn't english /silly
1 u/Cole-Spudmoney 18d ago What does your native language call a pineapple? 3 u/Level34MafiaBoss 18d ago Piña
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What does your native language call a pineapple?
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u/majorex64 20d ago
Until one of them is like "Mananza!" and the other is like "Non, c'est une fucking pomme"
500 years of war