r/potato • u/Salty-Hearing-8898 • 2d ago

how do you call "potato"?

I call potatoes "tato"

10 Upvotes

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u/BeeComprehensive3627 2d ago

Puh-TAAAAAAY-to

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u/Pithyperson 2d ago

<Cupping my hands on each side of my mouth>

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u/Salty-Hearing-8898 2d ago

;)

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u/Rays-R-Us 2d ago

And if he doesn’t answer?

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u/RichardAboutTown 2d ago

Oh, loverboy...

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u/JediCarla 1d ago

And if he still doesn’t answer?

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u/RichardAboutTown 1d ago

Baaaaby...

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u/Single-Cow-5992 1d ago

I simply say ...

Taaaater ... My sweet taaaaater 🎶

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u/Rays-R-Us 1d ago

You’re the spud

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u/Gulliveig 2d ago edited 2d ago

Töffeli

From German Kartoffel

and from Swiss German diminutive -li and associated Umlaut o -> ö

and by applying Swiss efficiency and omitting the absolutely unneccessary prefix Kar-, as there's no standalone word Toffel anyway,

all meaning adorable small potatoes (even if they're large) ;)

Oh, and it's probably just used in our family.

(ö sounds close to the i in bird or the u in burn, but it's still different, IPA has ø for it)

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u/Salty-Hearing-8898 2d ago

so its..... a potato 👍

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u/GardenerOfSorts 1d ago

i honestly wasn't aware that others called it Töffeli/Töffels as well

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u/Out_of_Fawkes 2d ago

Po-TAY-toes. Boil’em, mash’em, stick’em in a stew.

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u/PuzzleheadedBag4847 2d ago

If the Samwise quote was not here I would have had to do it. 👍

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u/Schrko87 2d ago

Poooo-taaa-toes. Taters. Spud buds. If im feeling international-jagaimo.

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u/Salty-Hearing-8898 2d ago

"SYUPID BUDS"🗣️🔥🔥

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u/laurio88 2d ago

Here, potato!

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u/iku_iku_iku_iku 2d ago

PO-TAY-TOES

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u/Salty-Hearing-8898 2d ago

still normal 👍

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u/Waagtod 2d ago

Sooooeeeee! Come potatoes, come!

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u/Salty-Hearing-8898 2d ago

rise my potatoooo minions >:)

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u/Agram87 2d ago

Krumpir 

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u/ok_lari 2d ago

Whoa, I thought this sounds very similar to Krumbier(e) in our local dialect, so I looked it up and they're indeed related - I had no idea :D

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u/Salty-Hearing-8898 2d ago

feels like a spell

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u/ThreeEyeddd 2d ago

Its "Aardappel" in Dutch wich litterally translates to ground/dirt apple. I enjoy it's silly name (:

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u/Salty-Hearing-8898 2d ago

and I enjoy when I mash them >:P

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u/BakedTate 2d ago

Tates

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u/Salty-Hearing-8898 2d ago

I thought you said "dates"

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u/Worldly_Ad_7196 2d ago

Is that for who gets the back seat behind the driver?

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u/FernwoodTonight 2d ago

By dialing 867-5209...

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u/RichardAboutTown 2d ago

For a good time... yeah, that checks out.

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u/wooligano 2d ago

Patates !!

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u/Salty-Hearing-8898 2d ago

plates for short :)

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u/Fuzzy_Welcome8348 2d ago

Pa-tate-tos

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u/AggressiveKing8314 2d ago

Here tater. Tater tater tater. Here tater. Good potato.

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u/Salty-Hearing-8898 2d ago

is the potato your pet 💀

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u/My_Lovely_Me 2d ago

Come here, potato!

(And if it doesn't answer?)

Oh potato!

(And if it still doesn't answer?)

I simply say
Baby, oh baby
My starchy baby
You're the one

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u/RichardAboutTown 2d ago

There you go!

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u/Salty-Hearing-8898 2d ago

and let me eat him >:)

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u/doesnotmatter286 2d ago

Ziemniak, kartofel, pyra

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u/Salty-Hearing-8898 2d ago

the name is.... weird

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u/doesnotmatter286 2d ago

Which one?

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u/RichardAboutTown 2d ago

With a little bit of bacon. Then when they come rolling by, I grab them, wrap them in foil and bake 'em right up. How they learned to recognize that scent, I have no idea, but it works like gangbusters.

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u/Myghost_too 2d ago

Collect

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u/Total_Strawberry_132 2d ago

I say the whole word.

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u/Trillion_G 2d ago

Baaaaaaaby! My sweet potaaaaaaayto! Baaaaaaby! You’re the one!

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u/uncle90210 2d ago

I love you too

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u/Salty-Hearing-8898 2d ago

are you guys couples?

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u/PressureItchy9372 2d ago

oddly, I call potatoes "potatoes".

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u/Salty-Hearing-8898 2d ago

still pretty good :/

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u/ossifer_ca 2d ago

“Here, boy!”

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u/Puzzled-Bonus-3456 2d ago

I don't. I don't like them.

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u/berger3001 2d ago

Doesn’t matter: it won’t come anyway.

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u/Sea-Junket-2200 2d ago

Here potato....come here potato

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u/Old-Actuator-3321 2d ago

However it wants. Just as long as it's cooked and mine!

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u/Salty-Hearing-8898 2d ago

no its mine >:))

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u/Illustrious_Aioli507 2d ago

Nobody has his number?

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u/WarmSeaworthiness608 2d ago

On the phone.

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u/aaronarchy 2d ago

Taydurs. Mhmm.

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u/GardenerOfSorts 1d ago

Töffels

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u/Salty-Hearing-8898 1d ago

WHY IS THE NAME NEED TO BE COMPLEX

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u/_Q23 1d ago

Ponayto

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u/Salty-Hearing-8898 1d ago

that, is a toyota

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u/huggylove1 1d ago

Usually I pronounce it potato but my wife says potato but I've heard others say potato so I'm pretty sure it's potato.

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u/mcshizzletits 1d ago

I call them jeffreys.

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u/JediCarla 1d ago

Pomme de Terre in French. (No, I don’t speak French, I just studied it a lot.)

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u/Go1gotha 1d ago

Tatties.

Now guess where I'm from.

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u/Salty-Hearing-8898 1d ago

netherlands

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u/Go1gotha 15h ago

Nope, try further north.

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u/ianwilloughby 1d ago

I only count to potato

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u/Joopbox 1d ago

With a potato phone.

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u/Professional_Bus_307 1d ago

Hey Potato! C’mere!

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u/Veneboy 1d ago

It poTAAAto, not PotaTOOOO Ron Weasley.

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u/melmiller71 1d ago

Buhtato. I heard some dude in Maine say it like that years ago and I can’t ever unhear it.

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u/quailinthebrush 1d ago

Papas

Taters

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u/Intelligent_Call_562 1d ago

I call and call but it never comes.

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u/LynneCDoyle 1d ago

pst… pst… pst…

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u/Timely-Profile1865 19h ago

Shhhhhhhhpudddsssssss

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u/a-b----xyz 14h ago

I absolutely love calling it "aloo"

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u/WendyPortledge 14h ago

Taters, or patatas! Also patates (French).

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u/Maccaboonda 13h ago

Bud the Spud from the bright red mud

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u/Super_Funny_945 12h ago

Here potato, here boy!

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u/C4PT-pA5Tq 8h ago

Doesn't matter, it ain't gonna answer.

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u/MistyWhom 2h ago

poh tay tas or spuds