BougieBirdie to Ask LemmyEnglish • 4 months agoWhat is the funniest one syllable word you can think of?message-square205fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1117arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the funniest one syllable word you can think of?BougieBirdie to Ask LemmyEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square205fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBougieBirdieOPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoI’ve only heard this as cul-de-sac, I didn’t know it had another meaning
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•4 months agoCul-de-sac literally translates to “ass of bag” in french.
minus-squareBougieBirdieOPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoThat’s funny, here it’s the name of a particular type of dead-end street.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•edit-24 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-square@UnfairUtanlink3•4 months agoThat’s also exactly what it means in French. We use cul de sac to describe dead-ends. :)
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I’ve only heard this as cul-de-sac, I didn’t know it had another meaning
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. :)