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Fun fact: Only the English language calls the fruit "pineapple", almost every other language calls it "ananas" or similar.
by henrikschroder 7y ago
Fun fact: Only the English language calls the fruit "pineapple", almost every other language calls it "ananas" or similar.
- overcast 7y agoI looked it up, I get it, but this post and the site, are targeting English speaking.
- ygjb 7y agoNow I really want the author to rename it pineapple in the English localization, and leave it Ananas every where else...
- _frkl 7y agoWell, or they just want everyone to be able to access it? There is really no choice than to publish something like this in English. Just a guess, but I'd guess the amount of people ccessing it who are not native English speakers is larger than those who are.
- pmelendez 7y agoThat's a bit bold statement... In Spanish is Piña and in Portuguese is Abacaxi, but a good amount of laguanges does call it ananas
- caiocaiocaio 7y agoIn Portugal Portuguese it's Ananás.
- michaelmior 7y agoI think this is also true in the Spanish dialects spoken in many regions.
- maximente 7y ago> In Spanish is Piña equally as bold, and also incorrect: ananá is what you'll hear in Argentina, possibly elsewhere.
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- pimterry 7y agoThe Guardian made a helpful infographic a little while back about exactly this: https://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2013/11/13/1384357483102/Pineapple.png https://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2...
- mikorym 7y agoThat's not true. In my native language it is called "pynappel". EDIT: I guess that may be why you said "almost" but that, in turn, is almost impossible.
- hondadriver 7y agoWe call pineapple juice 'ananassap' in Dutch and sometimes use it as if it would be an English word as a joke.
- techie128 7y agoIts called "ananas" in Marathi as well. Marathi is a regional language in India.