Comment on English may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsense

jyte@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• cafeinux@infosec.pub ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sorry to disappoint, a dish washer is “un lave-vaisselle”, which is masculine. A car however is “une voiture”, maybe there’s a joke in there about how manly men love their car more than their gf.

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  • jyte@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Un lave linge, une machine à laver le linge, un lave vaisselle, une machine à laver la vaisselle. It actually all depend on they way you phrase it. Agreed though. It was mostly for the joke.

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    • seliaste@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I never heard anybody say la machine à laver la vaisselle, it sounds way too verbose, everyone says le lave vaisselle

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      • jyte@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Because “people” (my french self included) would just say “la machine à laver” and out of context, you’d figure out which of the 2 is actually talked about. Also why I initially said it was a “she”.

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