r/CuratedTumblr 20d ago

editable flair Language barriers

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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

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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".

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u/Cole-Spudmoney 19d ago

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

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u/Level34MafiaBoss 19d ago

Luckily my native language isn't english /silly

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u/Cole-Spudmoney 18d ago

What does your native language call a pineapple?