NONE@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agoOh, now i get it! "Peanuts" is because they are nuts inside a pod-like thing, just like peas!message-squaremessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1151arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1148arrow-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 · 3 days agomessage-square21linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejudgyweevil@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-23 days agoBy that logic pea should be called peapeapeapeapeapeapea
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 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-up1·edit-22 days agoOk, so since pea in Old English is pise, should it be peapisepisepisepisepisepise or peapeapeapeapeapeapise? peapeapeapisepisepisepise?
minus-squarejxk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day 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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