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[โ€“] pirat@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Pindakaas literally translates to peanut cheese. IIRC someone trademark protected the word meaning peanut butter, thereby forcing everyone else to call it kaas (cheese) instead?!

[โ€“] beansbeansbeans@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

TIL you can trademark everyday words in the NL. I need to read more about this!

Edit: turns out this is why