Comment on It's the perfect time to change it!
Magister@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Well, in Montréal not too long ago we had the CUM, the Communauté Urbaine de Montréal (urban community of Montréal), and some others like STCUM (Société de Transport CUM)
join@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
I don’t see the problem. What does cum mean in French?
Dojan@pawb.social 2 days ago
French people speak enough English to know though.
join@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
donc, on doit réserver chaque abréviation avec une double sens dans une autre langue ?
aux pays bas l’association ferroviaire s’appelle « ns » tout le monde sait que c’est l’abréviation allemande pour Nationalsozialismus mais nous ne sommes pas en allemange.
Dojan@pawb.social 1 day ago
I don’t think anyone is complaining, it’s more that it looks fun. Honda was originally going to market the Fit/Jazz as Fitta in Europe, but chose not to as that means Cunt in Swedish.
lost_faith@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Meanwhile I giggled every time I thought about it when I lived there, the St Cum express. Best metro and worst bus system I’ve used (30+ yrs ago)
Magister@lemmy.world 1 day ago
About everyone in Montréal speaks English :)