>Apple of earth
It's a literal translation from latin (malum terrae) who designated all tubercules. Pomme de terre has long been in use before potatoes came to Europe
>>224489046you could have called it something else.
>Dick on your forehead>Emergency pants
>>224488956Many north italian dialects say that also
>>224489318Nigga, you all call anana "pineapple"...like, are you fucking serious?Not to mention WATERMELON
>>224491273>WATERMELONWhat's wrong with this?
>>224491273it's melón de agua chud
>>224491273>anana>not a banana
>>224488956Many languages do that:> DutchAardappelLiterally "earth apple," formed by aard (earth) and appel (apple).> German (Austria/Southern Germany)ErdapfelRegional variant composed of Erd (earth) and Apfel (apple).> HebrewTapuach adama (תפוח אדמה)Expression formed by tapuach (apple) and adama (earth/soil).> PersianSiib zamini (سیب زمینی)Term composed of siib (apple) and zamini (of the earth).> AfrikaansAartappelDerived from Dutch, literally meaning "earth apple." > Swiss GermanHerdöpfelSwiss dialectal variant combining the terms for earth and apple.> Norwegian (Dialectal)JordepleTraditional term formed by jord (earth) and eple (apple).
>>224491718why's that though? what's up with apples?
>>224492135>what's up with apples?It was the default fruit, it was also used for other fruits/vegetables.>golden apple (pomodoro) italian for tomato>heaven's apple (pomme du paradis) old french for banana>chinese apple (apelsin) swedish for orangeIn the middle ages, apricots were called armenian apples and peaches were persian apples.
>>224488956wtf they stole it form us we do it too
>>224492135It's just racism against tomatoes. Why don't they call apples "tree tomatoes". instead?
>>224488956>Noooooo this apple of earth is a potayyytoAmericans will really say shit like that...
>>224488956We say that too. See >>224491718
>>224489046We are latin too and call it patata (potato) doeugh
>>224496141But as >>224491226 said many dialects call it earth apple tooIn my area we'd say "pom de tera" for example
>>224488956Let me take a bite
>>224497657Ma stai zitto coglione nessuno parla più il dialetto a parte i napoletani cafoni e qualche siciliano nascosto nelle grotte
>>224488956In sweden (important sweden PSA:) we call strawberries "earth men"
>>224492135Wait until you find out what else is called apple.
>>224496141Well french can also patate
>>224498008*can also say
>>224497692This is why i don't feel sorry about shitalian being replaced by english
>digits>digits of foot
>>224488956I wish we still had this in common usage rather than incorporating the indigenous american term.
>>224498083>we need an entirely different word for the fingers of our feet because...because we just do, OK?????
>>224498083we say orteils
>iz zat a compound word? we don't use those in FRANCE!
>>224498008>mfw I'm patating at this very moment
>>224498183But we do use Portemanteau while you say coat hanger
>>224498257>mantello portabileLol
>>224498425we also say pendjuif
>>224498257You are just as inconsequent when it comes to compound words as Anglos.
>>224491718>JordepleNo-one except some inbred village of maybe 200 at most says this
>>224498553That's true, but French is not particular in that regard
>>224488956I've just eaten fries.
>>224488956Don't the Dutch or Frisians or parts of Germany, or like basically a bunch of Germanic languages have "eerdapfel" or something?
>>224498718In Germany it's a southern not a northern thing. The north says Kartoffel (which funnily comes from the Italian word for truffle). Historically the north would rather say Tüfte or Tüffel. Those are basically uncommon nowadays though.
>>224488956In Two Towers an orc calls the Nazgul "the great apple" of Sauron's plans
>>224498954How could an orc know what an apple is?
>>224488956You are the apple of my eye
>>224498972The apple was in the menu
