▲ 370 ▼ Our acorn tree dropped all of its blossom-thingies within a few hours (discuss.tchncs.de) submitted 6 months ago by Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world 49 comments fedilink hide all child comments Edit: Just realized the correct name for the tree is actually maple. False friend caused mistake because its name is "Ahorn" in German. Keeping the heading as it is, because it is funny, although it might trigger the Canadians (sorry, dudes!).
[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 23 points 6 months ago (1 child) This thread is why acorns should be called oak nuts permalink fedilink source hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de [S] 11 points 6 months ago This thread has evolved into one about linguistics, so I opt for them to be called eggcorns. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de [S] 11 points 6 months ago This thread has evolved into one about linguistics, so I opt for them to be called eggcorns. permalink fedilink source parent