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Comment by alephnerd

11 hours ago

Huh. Like Pomodoro. That makes sense.

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dotancohen  4 hours ago

Very likely from Pomodoro. In Arabic P is pronounced B or F.

IgorPartola  9 hours ago

In Russian we use tomat and pomidor interchangeably.

  • jamal-kumar  8 hours ago

    Meanwhile English speakers joke about disagreements over the pronunciation of tomato

    • simonh  6 hours ago

      My favourite take on this. https://youtu.be/kcHKm0cm-jI?is=fqjBSNiJ2jYEXuq1

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