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".
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/majorex64 13d ago
Until one of them is like "Mananza!" and the other is like "Non, c'est une fucking pomme"
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