BougieBirdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoWhat is the funniest one syllable word you can think of?message-squaremessage-square201fedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1115arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the funniest one syllable word you can think of?BougieBirdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square201fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBougieBirdie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoI’ve only heard this as cul-de-sac, I didn’t know it had another meaning
minus-squaremeowMix2525@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoCul-de-sac literally translates to “ass of bag” in french.
minus-squareBougieBirdie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThat’s funny, here it’s the name of a particular type of dead-end street.
minus-squaremeowMix2525@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-23 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-up3·3 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. :)