NONE@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-219 days agoOh, now i get it! "Peanuts" is because they are "nuts" inside a pod-like thing, just like peas!message-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1151arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1147arrow-down1message-squareOh, now i get it! "Peanuts" is because they are "nuts" inside a pod-like thing, just like peas!NONE@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-219 days agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejudgyweevil@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-222 days agoBy that logic pea should be called peapeapeapeapeapeapea
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·22 days agoThere’s a type of pea which is called “Kiechererbse” in German. “Erbse” is the German word for pea. And “Kiecher” is the old German word for pea.
minus-squarejudgyweevil@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-221 days agoOk, so since pea in Old English is pise, should it be peapisepisepisepisepisepise or peapeapeapeapeapeapise? peapeapeapisepisepisepise?
minus-squarejxk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·21 days agoWhy are so many cats appearing after I read that comment out loud
By that logic pea should be called peapeapeapeapeapeapea
There’s a type of pea which is called “Kiechererbse” in German. “Erbse” is the German word for pea. And “Kiecher” is the old German word for pea.
Ok, so since pea in Old English is pise, should it be peapisepisepisepisepisepise or peapeapeapeapeapeapise? peapeapeapisepisepisepise?
Why are so many cats appearing after I read that comment out loud
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