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[-] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 139 points 2 months ago

The English for "ananas" is "pineapple", did the English really think they grew on pine trees?

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 66 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 70 points 2 months ago

It's their superficial resemblance to pinecones.

[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 13 points 2 months ago

It's a bit cherry picked, but only a bit, since there are a few languages that just copied the English word later on.
Japanese and Korean come to mind.

[-] this@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That actually makes it funnier to me because ananas would be easier to pronounce in Japanese vs pineapple. Ananansu(u is silent) vs Painappuru.

[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 2 points 2 months ago

Oh absolutely!
They just had no ananas exposure beyond that from the Americans.

[-] raef@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago
[-] raef@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Here's how the creation of the graphic went:

  • Create a binary
  • Ignore vast majority (of people working with subject)
  • slap together chart, cherrypicking
  • Gloat
[-] fushuan@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

And anthough it might be correct, I've never head anyone say mañana in Basque. We just use piña(pinia)

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Fun fact: no one knows why us squid are called that in English and no other language calls us anything like that.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

i call bullshit. its "abacaxi" in portuguese, not nanana

[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 37 points 2 months ago

"Apple" is Old English for "fruit", not specifically apple.

And apparently "pineapple" for the tropical fruit predates "pine cone", OE used "pine nut".

Earliest use of "pineapple" is 14th century translation for "pomegranate".

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Probably to avoid confusion with bananas?

[-] RandomVideos@programming.dev 19 points 2 months ago

Is english known for trying to avoid confusion?

[-] x00z@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Oh you can't even imagine the amount of times I put a pineapple up there.

[-] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Here i go, imagining again.

[-] Shapillon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Pineapples are a freak fruit though.They grow on some kind of weird weed like some kind of joke.

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