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minus-squareHalcyon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up8·20 hours agoIn German language they are called ‘Erdnüsse’ (Ground Nuts), so it is more obvious where they grow. But since the climate doesn’t (yet) allow to grow them here, maybe many people don’t know much about their origins either.
minus-squareWhats_your_reasoning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·20 hours agoThat’s fun, reminds me of how French calls potatoes “apples of the earth” (pommes de terre.)
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 hours agoAnd the tomato, in Italian, is called “pomodoro”, literally “golden apple”.
minus-squareHalcyon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-214 hours agoIn German, potatoes are also called ‘Erdäpfel’ although that is considered as outdated and somewhat funny.
minus-squarepau_hana@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 hours agoIn Baden, I sometimes even hear them called Grumbeere
minus-squareHalcyon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 hours agoOh, that I never heard. But I always lived in the North.
In German language they are called ‘Erdnüsse’ (Ground Nuts), so it is more obvious where they grow.
But since the climate doesn’t (yet) allow to grow them here, maybe many people don’t know much about their origins either.
That’s fun, reminds me of how French calls potatoes “apples of the earth” (pommes de terre.)
And the tomato, in Italian, is called “pomodoro”, literally “golden apple”.
In German, potatoes are also called ‘Erdäpfel’ although that is considered as outdated and somewhat funny.
In Baden, I sometimes even hear them called Grumbeere
Oh, that I never heard. But I always lived in the North.