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minus-squareBastingChemina@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day 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 day agoI’m so glad that this problem isn’t just limited to English.
minus-squarecute_noker@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoSpanish doesn’t have a word for nuts, they just say “dried fruit”.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoWhat do they call actual dried fruit?
minus-squarecute_noker@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoI mean they’re not really that different, right?
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoYeah, I’d say they’re really different.
minus-squarecute_noker@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoHaha me too… I mean a coconut is not really ‘dry’?
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 hours agoCoconuts aren’t nuts, despite the name.
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day 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?