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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Neither were potatoes until they came to the Americas.

[-] Hagdos@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Yeah, but that's hundreds of years ago and they're a staple food now. Unlike Jicamas, where I had to Google what that even is.

So, linguistically not really comparable

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