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[–] scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org 50 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] Unimperfect@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

In Castellano (Spanish from Spain), it's called piña.

[–] raef@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Spanish in other places, too—piña colada, anyone?

The takeaway here is, the rest of the world uses different words than the continents where it comes from

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 points 1 month ago

Also what I was taught in US Spanish classes.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Ananas

Bananas

:-/

[–] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You can't include English in any rational discussion about languages. It breaks every rule, and isn't one language, but a pidgin of three or four. It's a bastard of a language, and what-about-ism involving English is so trivial it's not worth debating. You can always find a worse example of any language linguistic stupidity in English.

[–] Enkrod 5 points 1 month ago

The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.

Writer James D. Nicoll

[–] scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago

The James Nicoll quote is better - use that instead.