What were they thinking

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• Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Only if you don’t understand French.

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  • ashenone@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Everyday I don’t speak French is a blessed day

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  • CalypsoGirl@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ok so for those of us not fluent in French, could you translate “La Rôche Posay” for us so we stop chortling like middle schoolers?

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    • synapse1278@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s a normal O, no accent. It’s the name of a place, not really translatable. The argument is, prononciation of “posay” is nowhere near to “pussy” if you pronounce it the regular French way.

      It’s prononced more like “pause-hay”.

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    • Lumelore@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      So basically, it’s the name of a village, and they have rocks there.

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    • Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s not about the translation, it’s about the pronunciation.

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  • snowdriftissue@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • PattyMcB@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Je ne comprends pas

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  • percent@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    🤔 how much of the world population do you think understands French? I would guess less than 10%. Maybe even <5%.

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    • Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s the forth most popular language in the world.

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  • pigup@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Why do French speakers require non French speakers to speak French? Why do French speakers feel entitled to belittle others for not speaking a cumbersome language of limited use and value, largely irrelevant to the vast majority of earthlings?

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    • Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Replace “french” with “English” and you know how non-english speakers feel on most of the Internet. The point is, this joke only makes sense if you’re very familiar with English pronunciation (and only some specific accents, I might add) and/or don’t instinctively read the French brand name the French way.

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    • Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You sound like an ignorant American.

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• tacosanonymous@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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• piconaut@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  On a related note, Lancôme should be a brand of rakes.

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  • chaitae3@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Or french ethernet switches

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• lemmyman@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Love me some russy

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• FoxyGrandpa@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Dumb name, good products

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• Blaster_M@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Let me introduce yoy to the French phrase for perfume

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• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  like the la roche psay, cicaplast, sounds like a chemotherapy drug. this brand is also super overpriced.

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