In German, we have a somewhat old-timey / regional word for orange, "Apfelsine", which was derived from "apple of China".
Admittedly, this was in the time period where virtually every fruit was called "apple", 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...
I wasn't aware Lemmy was a place shock-full of street-hardened criminals of the very worst kind. The fediverse is even worse than the propaganda promised, I'm righteously appalled!
I feel like the phrase "don't compare apples and oranges" is more like "don't stick your head into a campfire". It's clearly possible, but that's not the issue here.
There was a big thread a while ago where one subset of posters were like "you clearly CAN compare them this is stupid" and another subset was saying "but the point of the idiom is doing so is fruitless". Not sure what's so hard to grasp about using an inappropriate metric to judge something.
But then again maybe most people use the idiom in senseless ways.
24 Comments
sheridan@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 29d
We need more memes in papyrus font.
grte@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 29d
I mean, they are both round, sweet fruits that have seeds and grow on a tree. Pretty comparable, honestly.
KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz · 11 pts · 29d
I never properly realized that Americans cannot compare apples and oranges, while in Europe many of us cannot compare apples and pears.
isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 29d
In french, some pears are called "pomme-poire", like the Asian pear.
trem@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 29d
In German, we have a somewhat old-timey / regional word for orange, "Apfelsine", which was derived from "apple of China".
Admittedly, this was in the time period where virtually every fruit was called "apple", 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...
Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 29d
the one you peel - the other you eat directly!!!
with no one around, we can compare anything!!!!
haaahahaha-- haaarharharharharharrrrr---
whos gonna stop us? the comparison police? what, are they gonna compare us to criminals? pffffff-
schmorpel@slrpnk.net · 8 pts · 29d
I wasn't aware Lemmy was a place shock-full of street-hardened criminals of the very worst kind. The fediverse is even worse than the propaganda promised, I'm righteously appalled!
Tikiporch@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 29d
*chock-full
I did ten years for grammar slaughter, but I learned my lesson.
schmorpel@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 29d
Thank you! I scored as well as the average native in the obscure vocabulary test, but I do commit many blunders! What is a chock?
Tikiporch@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 29d
The word comes from Middle English chokkefull, probably from choken to choke + full. So basically full to the point of choking.
schmorpel@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 28d
BREAKING NEWS: Lemmy Choking Under Relentless Attack Of Apple-and-orange-comparing Crime Gangs
nightlily@leminal.space · 2 pts · 28d
Bake them away toys.
irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 29d
Papyrus my beloved
schmorpel@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 29d
Okay but how about this: How much is
1 apple divided by 0 oranges ?
rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 29d
ZeroDivisionError: division by zeroqarbone@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 28d
No! Don't!
riquisimo@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 28d
That's an apple and an orange tomato.
Also there's so much compression it could just be AI.
FlexibleToast@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 29d
They're two fruits. It's not even a big deal to compare them.
snoons@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 28d
That's exactly what an orange would say. >:(
Aedaz_@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 29d
No…
That will destroy us all…
Susaga@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 29d
I feel like the phrase "don't compare apples and oranges" is more like "don't stick your head into a campfire". It's clearly possible, but that's not the issue here.
jtrek@startrek.website · 4 pts · 29d
There was a big thread a while ago where one subset of posters were like "you clearly CAN compare them this is stupid" and another subset was saying "but the point of the idiom is doing so is fruitless". Not sure what's so hard to grasp about using an inappropriate metric to judge something.
But then again maybe most people use the idiom in senseless ways.
schmorpel@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 29d
Not true, at least two pieces of fruit are involved!
gaiussabinus@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 29d
The customer is always right. Blood is thicker than water. I'm sure there are a ton of other ones