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minus-squareJohnnyEnzyme@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkFrançaisarrow-up1·3 months agoAha, I’m only an A2 learner in French. Is “coin” not a good translation for “quack?” I’ve actually received French & Belgian postcards where they make the balloon bubbles of ducks / geese say “coin, coin!”
minus-squaretroglodyte_mignon@tarte.nuage-libre.frlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoI think they’re talking about bad automated translations involving the English word coin (as in money) or the other French word coin (“corner”). I imagine that word isn’t easy to pronounce for an English speaker, with the nasal vowel?
minus-squareJohnnyEnzyme@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkFrançaisarrow-up1·3 months agoI’m so confused. My mom sent me a postcard from France around ~2002, and the ducks were all saying ‘coin, coin, coin!’ in the pictures. EDIT: I’m an idiot at language in general, but I’m also a good mimic. That’s my strength I guess?
minus-squaretroglodyte_mignon@tarte.nuage-libre.frlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoNo, you’re perfectly right, that’s the sound ducks make. It’s just that there’s another, unrelated word that’s also “coin”.
minus-squareJohnnyEnzyme@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoAh, so I’m not quite insane, yet. Good! 😄
minus-squarematelt@feddit.uklinkfedilinkFrançaisarrow-up1·3 months agoYou know I didn’t even consider coin as in money, you’ve added another level to the hilarity, thank you
minus-squaretroglodyte_mignon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkFrançaisarrow-up2·3 months agohttps://lemmy.world/post/42809995/22042124
minus-squarematelt@feddit.uklinkfedilinkFrançaisarrow-up1·3 months agoHehehe that tickled my brain good, thank you!
minus-squarematelt@feddit.uklinkfedilinkFrançaisarrow-up2·3 months agoCoin also means corner, so imagine a duck going ‘corner corner’ 😂 Ignore me I’m too easily amused
minus-squareJohnnyEnzyme@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkFrançaisarrow-up1·3 months agoOh, no the amusement factor is a big part of why we hang on, innit, mate? 😅 Well done, et merci.
Aha, I’m only an A2 learner in French.
Is “coin” not a good translation for “quack?”
I’ve actually received French & Belgian postcards where they make the balloon bubbles of ducks / geese say “coin, coin!”
I think they’re talking about bad automated translations involving the English word coin (as in money) or the other French word coin (“corner”).
I imagine that word isn’t easy to pronounce for an English speaker, with the nasal vowel?
I’m so confused. My mom sent me a postcard from France around ~2002, and the ducks were all saying ‘coin, coin, coin!’ in the pictures.
EDIT: I’m an idiot at language in general, but I’m also a good mimic. That’s my strength I guess?
No, you’re perfectly right, that’s the sound ducks make. It’s just that there’s another, unrelated word that’s also “coin”.
Ah, so I’m not quite insane, yet. Good! 😄
You know I didn’t even consider coin as in money, you’ve added another level to the hilarity, thank you
https://lemmy.world/post/42809995/22042124
Hehehe that tickled my brain good, thank you!
Coin also means corner, so imagine a duck going ‘corner corner’ 😂
Ignore me I’m too easily amused
Oh, no the amusement factor is a big part of why we hang on, innit, mate? 😅
Well done, et merci.