5
Aug
you say tuh-may-toe
posted at 12:53 am by brandon in heads california, tails california“In Russian, we don’t call dill pickles ‘dill pickles,’ we call them ‘salted cucumbers.'”
— A, further explaining the semantic quirks of his native tongue. (How this came up: A was telling me about his dinner, which included a baked potato graced with dill, and I asked if dill is used in dill pickles. I have no idea why the quotation is funny, but it just struck me as absolutely hilarious.)