til that french people (at least parisiens) don’t even say pomme de terre. like no one actually says…

the-grey-tribe:

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translatingpoststogerman:

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pingouin-terry:

til that french people (at least parisiens) don’t even say pomme de terre. like no one actually says that they just say patate. i’ve been lied to.

pinguin-terry

heute habe ich gelernt dass franzosen (zumindest pariser) nicht einmal pomme de terre sagen. so niemand sagt das tatsächlich sie sagen einfach patate. ich wurde angelogen.

@translatingpostsinfrench is this true?

yup, pomme de terre is more formal, unless you’re reading a recipe or a food label, you’ll most probably read patate

they’re dragging my ass in the tags 😔 mais puisque je suis prêt.e à admettre que j'ai dis nimp, je veux des avis? c'est quoi les coins de france et autres pays francophones où on dit plutôt pomme de terre?

For German we have these linguistic maps that show which regions use which words for a certain thing, in this example potato. (source)

Perhaps this also exists for French?

this is the closest thing i found and it’s just wrecking the debate even more. team poire de terre anyone???