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minus-squareYoddel_HickorylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·14 days agoDandelion also means pee the bed in French, might be on to something.
minus-squareTiger666linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 days agoNo, it means lion’s teeth. Pissenlit is piss the bed.
minus-squareYoddel_HickorylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoAka no one in French would call them dandelion
minus-squareTiger666linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoI did, sometimes, as a child. We called them pissenlit et dandelion, both pronounced in French. I grew up speaking both English and French though.
minus-squareYoddel_HickorylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoYeah that’s what I meant, around here everyone calls them pissenlit, hence piss the bed.
minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoIronic, given that the English “dandelion” was borrowed from the Old French dent de leon (“lion’s tooth”).
minus-squareTiger666linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 days agoLion not Leon Leon is a proper name for a person.
Dandelion also means pee the bed in French, might be on to something.
No, it means lion’s teeth.
Pissenlit is piss the bed.
Aka no one in French would call them dandelion
I did, sometimes, as a child. We called them pissenlit et dandelion, both pronounced in French.
I grew up speaking both English and French though.
Yeah that’s what I meant, around here everyone calls them pissenlit, hence piss the bed.
Ironic, given that the English “dandelion” was borrowed from the Old French dent de leon (“lion’s tooth”).
Lion not Leon
Leon is a proper name for a person.