𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIt's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple?message-squaremessage-square185fedilinkarrow-up1374arrow-down126
arrow-up1348arrow-down1message-squareIt's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple?𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square185fedilink
minus-squareSpaceCowboylinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoHave you ever bitten into a road apple? People come up with funny names for things sometimes.
minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoOMG I love road apple pie! That one’s a euphemism, though. I don’t think it counts. That’s not the real name that normal (non-horse-people, all horse people are abnormal; I know, because I married one) use.
Have you ever bitten into a road apple?
People come up with funny names for things sometimes.
OMG I love road apple pie!
That one’s a euphemism, though. I don’t think it counts. That’s not the real name that normal (non-horse-people, all horse people are abnormal; I know, because I married one) use.