Haus@kbin.earth to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months agoInstead of throwing scoops of sodium chloride on the snow and ice, I'd much rather use pure sodium.plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down112
arrow-up1117arrow-down1message-squareInstead of throwing scoops of sodium chloride on the snow and ice, I'd much rather use pure sodium.plus-squareHaus@kbin.earth to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareHaus@kbin.earthtoShowerthoughts@lemmy.world•It'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?linkfedilinkarrow-up30·6 months agoIn Dutch, a potato is called aardappel, which literally translates to “earth apple” (aarde meaning “earth” and appel meaning “apple”). linkfedilink
In Dutch, a potato is called aardappel, which literally translates to “earth apple” (aarde meaning “earth” and appel meaning “apple”).