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If apples and potaoes are different then why do the French call them pommes de terre?
Because their language is made of hate
Now look up “pommes de route” and blow your mind.
It appears to be a music album. I didn't even know they were plants, much less vegetables!
The English phrase that seems to most accurately translate is horse apples.
You didn’t dive deep enough; the album is named after something.
French has a unique method of coming up with swear words
They are the French. Don't expect them to be reasonable.
You almost had me there with your frogeater logic.
It comes from Latin "malum terrae", which has been attested in French since 1488 to designate various tuber or bulb plants