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  • From Wikipedia:

    The English word artichoke was borrowed in the sixteenth century from the northern Italian word articiocco (the standard modern Italian being carciofo). The Italian term was itself borrowed either from Spanish alcarchofa (today usually alcachofa) or directly from the source of the Spanish word—medieval Andalusi Arabic الخرشوفة (al-kharshūfa, including the Arabic definite article al). The Arabic form kharshūfa is still used in Maghrebi Arabic today, while other variants in Arabic include kharshafa, and Modern Standard Arabic khurshūfa. These Arabic forms themselves derive from classical Arabic حرشفة (harshafa) singular word of the plural حراشف (ḥarashef) meaning “scale”. Other languages which derive their word for the artichoke from Arabic include Israeli Hebrew, which has the word חֻרְשָׁף (khursháf). The original Hebrew name (see Hebrew: he:ארטישוק) is קינרס kinars, which is found in the Mishna.












  • While I agree this is absolutely what Trump would like to do, it seems pretty unlikely it would get to this point, and the tone of the article makes just makes the whole thing sound like fanatical propaganda.

    I’m sure someone a lot smarter than Donald Trump thinks what is outlined here could work, but in reality:

    A- this would quickly bankrupt the entire United States

    B- it would never actually work since Canada is HUGE and has a strong sizable army

    And finally,

    C- no one in the United States actually wants to take over Canada. It’s a stupid idea that only the most unhinged and uneducated psychopaths would ever actually support

    Lastly, I would probably be more willing to take this article seriously if it provided any real evidence of this supposed “imminent threat” and were posted somewhere a little more trustworthy than Substack