BougieBirdie to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhat is the funniest one syllable word you can think of?message-squaremessage-square203fedilinkarrow-up1121file-text
arrow-up1121message-squareWhat is the funniest one syllable word you can think of?BougieBirdie to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square203fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremeowMix2525@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoCul-de-sac literally translates to “ass of bag” in french.
minus-squareBougieBirdieOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThat’s funny, here it’s the name of a particular type of dead-end street.
minus-squaremeowMix2525@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 months agoYes. You could use dead-end instead of ass. That is just the origin of the term. It gets its name from the french. I am also from this place you speak of where the term refers to a type of street.
minus-squareUnfairUtan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoThat’s also exactly what it means in French. We use cul de sac to describe dead-ends. :)
Cul-de-sac literally translates to “ass of bag” in french.
That’s funny, here it’s the name of a particular type of dead-end street.
Yes. You could use dead-end instead of ass. That is just the origin of the term. It gets its name from the french.
I am also from this place you speak of where the term refers to a type of street.
That’s also exactly what it means in French. We use cul de sac to describe dead-ends. :)