no banana@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 2 months agoAsparagusimagemessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up1767arrow-down18cross-posted to: Memes
arrow-up1759arrow-down1imageAsparagusno banana@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square41linkfedilinkcross-posted to: Memes
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up27·2 months agoThat’s nothing, look at pineapple.
minus-squareDenjin@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 months agoAnd 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.”
minus-squarelengau@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 months agoIt’s because it looks like a pinecone, which at the time were also called pineapples.
minus-squareGhoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoIirc that was because apple was just a generic term for fruit at the time, not any specific type.
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.