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English is not my main language so this was a significant and funny "A-ha!" moment for me.

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[–] [email protected] 85 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's because the pea is stored in the nuts.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago

It's SCIENCE

[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They’re not nuts that resemble peas, they’re peas that resemble nuts.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Charlie Brown saying "good grief"

(I didn't catch on until reading the comments)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Same. I was over here thinking “is the world we live in just a closed pod, are we alone in here?” like it was maybe really deep and inspiring

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

They are more "pea" than "nut", though. They are a legume.

Really, it should be called a peapea. Because there are usually two of them together.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Well, pineapple aren't apples and starfishes aren't even fish, so...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Pen. Pineapple. Apple. Pen.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

When literally every other language said "ananas", English panicked and mentally combined the concept of a pinecone and a freakin' apple

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Meanwhile in Spanish we got rid of the apple part and simply call them "Piñas".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

By that logic pea should be called peapeapeapeapeapeapea

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There's a type of pea which is called "Kiechererbse" in German. "Erbse" is the German word for pea. And "Kiecher" is the old German word for pea.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Ok, so since pea in Old English is pise, should it be peapisepisepisepisepisepise or peapeapeapeapeapeapise? peapeapeapisepisepisepise?

[–] jxk 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why are so many cats appearing after I read that comment out loud

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

You're welcome

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I think they’re actually legumes, not nuts.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

3rd rock from the sun did a whole episode on this, starring the woman who played Roseannes sister as Dick's new love interest.

25 years later, and I still pronounce legume the way they did in that episode as I recite this fact.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

If you can find some that are not roasted, this actually becomes quite obvious. They do taste a lot like peas.

[–] logos 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

English is my 1st language and I didn’t realize this until you just pointed it out.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Get an uncooked one and eat it. It tastes like peas.