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[–] don@lemm.ee 95 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Raccoons need no elaboration. They’re raccoons.

[–] bmsok@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

Literally the first rule of Raccoon Club. You don't talk about Raccoon Club.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

They know what they did.

[–] Kaput@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Raton-Voleur. In french, thieving ratlets.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Diebbar in German - thief bear

[–] riwo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

i've never heard this word and i cant find it on the internet. the german word for raccon is waschbär (washing bear) afaik

actually, the official french word for raccon also seems to be raton laveur (washing) and not voleur (stealing), but i dont speak enough french to know if they are called raton voleur in some dialect or slang

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's also washbear (pesukarhu) in Finnish!

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Also in Danish (vaskebjørn)

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago

It's a regional expression

[–] Kaput@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Have you encountered raccoons? I've met racoons they'll steal everything from you in a heartbeat, and the mask is a dead giveaway. You think the guys roommate would complain about the raccoons of they came by to do his laundry instead of stealing all his stuff. Laveur is just a typo, Erwin Guttenburger admitted it in 1678 that he tripped while putting the letters in the press for the wildlife almanach. It went out as Raton-loveur at first. Correcting the error would throw the whole books layout out of alignment so the next edition was changed by replacing the O for an A, to put an end to that weird new fetish that was gaining popularity among the literate elite.

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] luckystarr@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago

But the are definitely called "Müllpandas" which literally translates to trash pandas.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

The umlaut police have been notified of your egregious transgression.

[–] Shapillon@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No it's "raton laveur" which roughly translates as "washing ratlet"

[–] Asidonhopo@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Raccoons sound like dinasaurs killing each other in a black and white movie no joke they are not quiet beasties

[–] anonymous222@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What the fuck is a raccoon?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

It's a washing bear.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 11 points 1 year ago

It's a dog that hunt primarily human gorbage.

[–] azi@mander.xyz 8 points 1 year ago

Imagine being a social worker trying to find people housing and one of the guys in the tent city tells you he already rents a place and just wanted see what living in the park was like.