I work with a team of people from all over the world , and the word “eggplant” came up the other day. They asked me why Americans call an “aubergine” an “eggplant.”
So I showed them a photo of an unripe eggplant:
Americans really do label things like cave men just saying the most simple words to describe something:
- Eggplant > looks like an egg and is a plant
- Sidewalk > side of road you walk on
I’m all out of example but I’m sure there are more like this and I like it.
It’s not unique to Americans. A lot of cultures use compound words to describe new things
Parkway and driveway got mixed up for some reason
For anyone interested, this is how wild asparagus grows:
If you trimmed the bush back it’d look larger.
I would not recommend for people to casually start trimming plantlife in the wild. /s
Unironically though there might be lots of insects living within that ecosystem that rely on it. If you don’t need something for a dish or specific resource, just leave it alone.
I think this was a dick joke
A cock quip
A phallic jape
A penis pun
It’s always a dick joke. Or Loss.
We have loads of wild asparagus where I live. My new favorite activity this year has been asparagus foraging!
Is asparagus foraging that fun, or is it just the funniest activity you have there?
Yes.
The saddest fun ever :)
Successfully foraging in nature is naturally rewarding.
And if that’s not a satisfying answer, just note that one’s idea of “fun” tends to change around the time they reach their 30s. I’d be stoked to find edible plants in the wild.
That’s nothing, look at pineapple.
And the first English speaker who saw one went “you know what that reminds me of, apples. Wait, hear me out, apples on a pine tree.”
It’s because it looks like a pinecone, which at the time were also called pineapples.
