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minus-squareKecessalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·2 months agoFrench Sea urchin: oursin (“small bear” kinda) Porcupine: Porc-épic (epic pork!) which sounds like porc et pics (pork and spikes)
minus-squareqyron@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoFrench is rich with playful words.
minus-squareMacAnuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoHérisson kinda sounds like oursin, I wonder if it evolved from it. (The word not the animal)
minus-squareKecessalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 months agoOh right, the image was talking about hedgehogs and not porcupines so the hérisson (probably from hérissé?) and not the porc-épic!
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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 :)