• leftzero@lemmynsfw.com
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    3 hours ago

    Look, we’re talking people who call ninety-nine “four twenty ten nine”; you can’t expect them to name things properly.

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      2 hours ago

      Something thankfully not all French-speaking countries agree. But the ground apple is pretty much universal. The alternative “patate” is also widely used,

      Stuff from the “new world” (Americas) often got some weird names. Like the “Indian chickens” (turkeys).