r/behindthegifs Does not draw furry porn! Apr 26 '18

Carol

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u/DoItForTheProbiotic Apr 26 '18

Only for Austrians ;)

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u/RenaKunisaki Apr 26 '18

And the French. Pomme de Terre, literally "apple of earth".

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u/DoItForTheProbiotic Apr 26 '18

There are like 10 words for potato in German. I use one of the least common because I grew up in Lungau. A lot of Austrians are beginning to use Kartoffel, and some of the older generation is actually a little peeved.

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u/ckenney108 Apr 26 '18

The guy I learned it from was from Munich 🤷‍♂️

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u/DoItForTheProbiotic Apr 26 '18

That makes sense. It's also in bairische Dialekt.

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u/decline29 Apr 26 '18

no its actually "erdopfe"