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minus-squareYoddel_Hickory@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·14 days agoDandelion also means pee the bed in French, might be on to something.
minus-squareTiger666@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 days agoNo, it means lion’s teeth. Pissenlit is piss the bed.
minus-squareYoddel_Hickory@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoYeah that’s what I meant, around here everyone calls them pissenlit, hence piss the bed.
minus-squareYoddel_Hickory@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoAka no one in French would call them dandelion
minus-squareTiger666@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-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-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 days agoIronic, given that the English “dandelion” was borrowed from the Old French dent de leon (“lion’s tooth”).
minus-squareTiger666@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-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.
Yeah that’s what I meant, around here everyone calls them pissenlit, hence 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.
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.