Comment on Oh, now i get it! "Peanuts" is because they are nuts inside a pod-like thing, just like peas!

JasonDJ@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• NONE_dc@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Well, pineapple aren’t apples and starfishes aren’t even fish, so…

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  • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Pen. Pineapple. Apple. Pen.

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  • LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    When literally every other language said “ananas”, English panicked and mentally combined the concept of a pinecone and a freakin’ apple

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    • NONE_dc@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Meanwhile in Spanish we got rid of the apple part and simply call them “Piñas”.

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• judgyweevil@feddit.it ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  By that logic, pea should be called peapeapeapeapeapeapea

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  • bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    There’s a type of pea which is called “Kiechererbse” in German. “Erbse” is the German word for pea. And “Kiecher” is the old German word for pea.

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    • judgyweevil@feddit.it ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ok, so if pea in Old English is pise, should it be peapisepisepisepisepisepise or peapeapeapeapeapeapise? peapeapeapisepisepisepise?

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      • jxk@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Why are so many cats appearing after I read that comment out loud

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