I work with a team of people from all over the world , and the word “eggplant” came up the other day. They asked me why Americans call an “aubergine” an “eggplant.”
So I showed them a photo of an unripe eggplant:
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Americans really do label things like cave men just saying the most simple words to describe something:
- Eggplant > looks like an egg and is a plant
- Sidewalk > side of road you walk on
I’m all out of example but I’m sure there are more like this and I like it.
Parkway and driveway got mixed up for some reason
Whoever named those must be descended from the people that named Iceland and Greenland
Parkway was a road that went near park or other scenic spot. Drive ways were drives that connected private estates to a main road. Way back in the day those could actually be long enough the main house was not visible from the main road.
It’s not unique to Americans. A lot of cultures use compound words to describe new things
Fennel too- I always thought the white part was below the earth, like an onion. But no, the whole fennel sits on the earth, on a tippy root that's underground.
?????
What's crazy is that not only is that the same species as broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower, but practically the entire plant in that photo is edible.
A joke of a plant
Brussels is such a weird city
For anyone interested, this is how wild asparagus grows:
I was fully prepared for the image to load and for it to be the same one as the post lol
If you trimmed the bush back it'd look larger.
This is what I keep telling the Mrs.
I would not recommend for people to casually start trimming plantlife in the wild. /s
Unironically though there might be lots of insects living within that ecosystem that rely on it. If you don't need something for a dish or specific resource, just leave it alone.
I think this was a dick joke
It's always a dick joke. Or Loss.
A cock quip
A phallic jape
A penis pun
It was a dick joke.
I don't want an ecosystem in my bush
We have loads of wild asparagus where I live. My new favorite activity this year has been asparagus foraging!
Is asparagus foraging that fun, or is it just the funniest activity you have there?
foraging for asparagus paired with bird watching while hiking in the forest--that is my jam!
Yes.
The saddest fun ever :)
Successfully foraging in nature is naturally rewarding.
And if that's not a satisfying answer, just note that one's idea of "fun" tends to change around the time they reach their 30s. I'd be stoked to find edible plants in the wild.
Por que no los dos?
That's nothing, look at pineapple.
And the first English speaker who saw one went "you know what that reminds me of, apples. Wait, hear me out, apples on a pine tree."
It's because it looks like a pinecone, which at the time were also called pineapples.
Iirc that was because apple was just a generic term for fruit at the time, not any specific type.
Username checks out.
I was expecting something like "MyPeeSmells" when I scrolled back up. I'm more disappointed than I should be.
See, that's asparagus tricking you into thinking that is how it grows, by crafty memeing. When we (and by we I mean all right thinking ~~asparaguys~~ humans) know it isn't.
Let's hope they don't form an alliance with the "birds"