• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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      UK just took France’s logic to naming potatoes (earth apples) and went “well I guess it’s like a pinecone… pineapple. That’s sufficient.”

      I think it’s Pina in Spanish too.

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      Eh…

      Most of Brazil calls it “abacaxi”. And by “most”, I mean almost all of it, and the exception is there because of recent immigrants bringing the other name.