fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 13 days agoAch aye, Scottish words for plantsmander.xyzimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareYoddel_Hickory@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoDandelion also means pee the bed in French, might be on to something.
minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoIronic, given that the English “dandelion” was borrowed from the Old French dent de leon (“lion’s tooth”).
minus-squareTiger666@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 days agoLion not Leon Leon is a proper name for a person.
minus-squareTiger666@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 days agoNo, it means lion’s teeth. Pissenlit is piss the bed.
minus-squareYoddel_Hickory@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 days agoAka no one in French would call them dandelion
Dandelion also means pee the bed in French, might be on to something.
Ironic, given that the English “dandelion” was borrowed from the Old French dent de leon (“lion’s tooth”).
Lion not Leon
Leon is a proper name for a person.
No, it means lion’s teeth.
Pissenlit is piss the bed.
Aka no one in French would call them dandelion