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Re:Why we picture bombs as round black balls with a burning ... by jcelerier on Sunday September 19, 2021 @04:47PM (#28587792)
as a french I absolutely never heard "pomme grenade" for the fruit, just "grenade" directly
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Re:Why we picture bombs as round black balls with a burning ... by shados on Sunday September 19, 2021 @09:43PM (#28589622)
may depend where you're from. I'm a French speaker and it's always been "pomme grenade" everywhere I have been.
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