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    3 months ago

    In German, we have a somewhat old-timey / regional word for orange, ā€œApfelsineā€, which was derived from ā€œapple of Chinaā€.

    Admittedly, this was in the time period where virtually every fruit was called ā€œappleā€, but still funny that you can’t compare them in English, when we’ve got it in our vocabulary, that it’s like an apple, but Chinese…