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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 73 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I hope his biology teacher sees this post and beats him with his biology school book.

[–] RizzoTheSmall@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago

You could really hurt a kid hitting them with a whole-ass King James translation...

[–] WadeTheWizard@fedia.io 71 points 1 day ago (4 children)

If apples and potaoes are different then why do the French call them pommes de terre?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 75 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because their language is made of hate

[–] jehreg@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Now look up “pommes de route” and blow your mind.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It appears to be a music album. I didn't even know they were plants, much less vegetables!

The English phrase that seems to most accurately translate is horse apples.

[–] jehreg@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You didn’t dive deep enough; the album is named after something.

French has a unique method of coming up with swear words

[–] cabillaud@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

It comes from Latin "malum terrae", which has been attested in French since 1488 to designate various tuber or bulb plants

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

They are the French. Don't expect them to be reasonable.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

You almost had me there with your frogeater logic.

[–] OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Big Yud was homeschooled after biting a maths teacher.

This fact makes it into his Harry Potter fan fic as a self insert.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 4 points 18 hours ago

"She didn't know what a logarithm was!"

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago

There were enough red flags, but I should have seen more of them tbh

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 6 points 22 hours ago

That's just another reason why homeschooling is a bad idea.