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minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoFrench Sea urchin: oursin (“small bear” kinda) Porcupine: Porc-épic (epic pork!) which sounds like porc et pics (pork and spikes)
minus-squareMacAnus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoHérisson kinda sounds like oursin, I wonder if it evolved from it. (The word not the animal)
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 days agoOh right, the image was talking about hedgehogs and not porcupines so the hérisson (probably from hérissé?) and not the porc-épic!
minus-squareqyron@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoFrench is rich with playful words.
French
Sea urchin: oursin (“small bear” kinda)
Porcupine: Porc-épic (epic pork!) which sounds like porc et pics (pork and spikes)
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 :)
French is rich with playful words.