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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 45 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] RedWeasel@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Which is according to google translate means She-Wolf in french. I think that would have been funnier it is a word I could find.

[–] fatalError@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago

Damn, she-wolf sounds so dumb, why doesn't english have different words for male and female for all animals like it does for lion

[–] knorke3@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

isn't the stem word for that loup?

[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Who said that the word doesn't haue "u"?

Was that my Father that went hence so fast?
Ben. It was: what sadnes lengthens Romeo's houres?
Ro. Not hauing that, which hauing, makes them short
Ben. In loue.
Romeo. Out.
Ben. Of loue.
Rom. Out of her fauour where I am in loue.
Ben. Alas that loue so gentle in his view,

Romeo and Juliet, foglio I, around verse 170

...good enough for Shakespeare, good enough for me. No need for a fifth letter!


I'm half-joking with the above, but the word did use to be spelled with "U" instead of "V". Past then both were taken as the same letter. [/trivia]

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 5 points 2 years ago

This is why 'double u' in French is 'Double v'

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

‘u’ was the lowercase form, ‘V’ was the uppercase form

[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

It was both case and position: for uppercase you'd use ⟨V⟩, for initial lowercase ⟨v⟩, else ⟨u⟩. For example, check "view" in the last line of the excerpt.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago
[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Wodge@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago
[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] crsu@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

They were born that way, they can't help it. Mods arrest this person

[–] Stupidmanager@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

There’s a comic floating around that is drawn where one of the characters eyes float when they are not facing front. Normal eye, floating eye. Creepy.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 12 points 2 years ago
[–] krakenx@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago
[–] lugal@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago
[–] vegantomato@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I love the gender-neutral drawing, very subtle.

[–] realitista@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

You were expecting a tent pole?

[–] TheGreenGolem@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago
[–] crsu@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Needs more chainsaws

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago