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I always found it funny how in many languages "potato" is the apple of the earth. [fr] pomme de terre [nl] aardappel [gr] γεώμηλο (γη + μήλο, almost never us

I always found it funny how in many languages "potato" is the apple of the earth. [fr] pomme de terre [nl] aardappel [gr] γεώμηλο (γη + μήλο, almost never used though)

s_dev 6y ago
Apple used to refer to all "fruit" other than berries in middle English.
Xylakant 6y ago
[de] Erdapfel (mostly in southern germany, Austria and switzerland, Kartoffel would be common)
- account42 6y ago
  That's a weird way to write "Grumbeere" [0] [0] https://pfl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kartoffel https://pfl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kartoffel
  - Xylakant 6y ago
    I was about to post that, too, but that's "soil pear" and not apple :)