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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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It's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple? (midwest.social)

submitted 1 day ago by sxan@midwest.social to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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[–] Unimperfect@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 points 6 hours ago

Also what I was taught in US Spanish classes.

[–] raef@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours 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