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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•1 month agoFrench Sea urchin: oursin (“small bear” kinda) Porcupine: Porc-épic (epic pork!) which sounds like porc et pics (pork and spikes)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoHérisson kinda sounds like oursin, I wonder if it evolved from it. (The word not the animal)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-21 month agoOh right, the image was talking about hedgehogs and not porcupines so the hérisson (probably from hérissé?) and not the porc-épic!
French
Sea urchin: oursin (“small bear” kinda)
Porcupine: Porc-épic (epic pork!) which sounds like porc et pics (pork and spikes)
French is rich with playful words.
Hérisson kinda sounds like oursin, I wonder if it evolved from it. (The word not the animal)
Oh right, the image was talking about hedgehogs and not porcupines so the hérisson (probably from hérissé?) and not the porc-épic!
Yeah :)