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Languid words (lemmus.org)
submitted 8 months ago by sundray@lemmus.org to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
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[-] xkbx@startrek.website 4 points 8 months ago

It’s a french word too, though that usually translates more to loitering

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 3 points 8 months ago

Yeah the bottom two are straight up French words.

[-] Leviathan@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

And they have straight up common English versions, abandon and loiterer.

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 3 points 8 months ago

So once again French getting used to make shit sound fancier than it is, I'm used to it haha.

[-] Bonsoir@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

From a french perspective, it's english once again taking fancy words and pronouncing them like shit :p

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