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minus-squareBastingChemina@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoFun facts, in French vegetables are called “legumes”, even though most of them aren’t related to the Fabaceae family
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoI’m so glad that this problem isn’t just limited to English.
minus-squarecute_noker@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoSpanish doesn’t have a word for nuts, they just say “dried fruit”.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoWhat do they call actual dried fruit?
minus-squarecute_noker@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI mean they’re not really that different, right?
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoYeah, I’d say they’re really different.
minus-squarecute_noker@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoHaha me too… I mean a coconut is not really ‘dry’?
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoCoconuts aren’t nuts, despite the name.
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month ago ceci n’est pas drole Would anyone actually use the term Soupe aux légumineuses or just be direct about what’s in it?
Fun facts, in French vegetables are called “legumes”, even though most of them aren’t related to the Fabaceae family
I’m so glad that this problem isn’t just limited to English.
Spanish doesn’t have a word for nuts, they just say “dried fruit”.
What do they call actual dried fruit?
I mean they’re not really that different, right?
Yeah, I’d say they’re really different.
Haha me too… I mean a coconut is not really ‘dry’?
Coconuts aren’t nuts, despite the name.
Oh lord here we go
ceci n’est pas drole
Would anyone actually use the term Soupe aux légumineuses or just be direct about what’s in it?