They are more "pea" than "nut", though. They are a legume.
Really, it should be called a peapea. Because there are usually two of them together.
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They are more "pea" than "nut", though. They are a legume.
Really, it should be called a peapea. Because there are usually two of them together.
Well, pineapple aren't apples and starfishes aren't even fish, so...
Pen. Pineapple. Apple. Pen.
When literally every other language said "ananas", English panicked and mentally combined the concept of a pinecone and a freakin' apple
Meanwhile in Spanish we got rid of the apple part and simply call them "Piñas".
By that logic pea should be called peapeapeapeapeapeapea
There's a type of pea which is called "Kiechererbse" in German. "Erbse" is the German word for pea. And "Kiecher" is the old German word for pea.
Ok, so since pea in Old English is pise, should it be peapisepisepisepisepisepise or peapeapeapeapeapeapise? peapeapeapisepisepisepise?
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English is my 1st language and I didn’t realize this until you just pointed it out.
Get an uncooked one and eat it. It tastes like peas.
It's because the pea is stored in the nuts.
It's SCIENCE
They’re not nuts that resemble peas, they’re peas that resemble nuts.
Nutpeas.
(I didn't catch on until reading the comments)
Same. I was over here thinking “is the world we live in just a closed pod, are we alone in here?” like it was maybe really deep and inspiring
I think they’re actually legumes, not nuts.
3rd rock from the sun did a whole episode on this, starring the woman who played Roseannes sister as Dick's new love interest.
25 years later, and I still pronounce legume the way they did in that episode as I recite this fact.