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minus-squareLupus108@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up11·8 months agoI knew flaneur as an adjective in German, for example when you go on a walk through a shopping street, without any intent of shopping you go “flanieren”. Just having a walk, looking at stores and people.
minus-squarexkbx@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agoIt’s a french word too, though that usually translates more to loitering
minus-squareLeviathan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoAnd they have straight up common English versions, abandon and loiterer.
minus-squareObilinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoSo once again French getting used to make shit sound fancier than it is, I’m used to it haha.
minus-squareBonsoir@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoFrom a french perspective, it’s english once again taking fancy words and pronouncing them like shit :p
minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months agoWow, those Germans have a word for everything.
minus-squarewieson@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoIt appears we took it from French, but we have it nevertheless.
I knew flaneur as an adjective in German, for example when you go on a walk through a shopping street, without any intent of shopping you go “flanieren”. Just having a walk, looking at stores and people.
It’s a french word too, though that usually translates more to loitering
Yeah the bottom two are straight up French words.
And they have straight up common English versions, abandon and loiterer.
So once again French getting used to make shit sound fancier than it is, I’m used to it haha.
From a french perspective, it’s english once again taking fancy words and pronouncing them like shit :p
Wow, those Germans have a word for everything.
It appears we took it from French, but we have it nevertheless.