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minus-squareJohnnyEnzyme@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agoAs an English-speaker, my favorite animal sound in French is still “coin, coin, coin!” https://a-z-animals.com/media/2021/10/three-white-pekin-ducks-picture-id1092941758.jpg
minus-squarematelt@feddit.uklinkfedilinkFrançaisarrow-up2·9 days agoIt’s one of the greatest bad translations - think 98 fenêtres for Windows 98, or vétéran assaisoné for seasoned veteran, it’ll never not make me giggle.
minus-squareJohnnyEnzyme@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkFrançaisarrow-up1·9 days agoAha, I’m only an A2 learner in French. Is “coin” not a good translation for “quack?” I’ve actually received French & Belgian postcards where they make the balloon bubbles of ducks / geese say “coin, coin!”
minus-squaretroglodyte_mignon@tarte.nuage-libre.frlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agoI think they’re talking about bad automated translations involving the English word coin (as in money) or the other French word coin (“corner”). I imagine that word isn’t easy to pronounce for an English speaker, with the nasal vowel?
minus-squarematelt@feddit.uklinkfedilinkFrançaisarrow-up1·9 days agoYou know I didn’t even consider coin as in money, you’ve added another level to the hilarity, thank you
minus-squaretroglodyte_mignon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkFrançaisarrow-up2·9 days agohttps://lemmy.world/post/42809995/22042124
minus-squarematelt@feddit.uklinkfedilinkFrançaisarrow-up1·9 days agoHehehe that tickled my brain good, thank you!
minus-squareJohnnyEnzyme@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkFrançaisarrow-up1·7 days agoI’m so confused. My mom sent me a postcard from France around ~2002, and the ducks were all saying ‘coin, coin, coin!’ in the pictures. EDIT: I’m an idiot at language in general, but I’m also a good mimic. That’s my strength I guess?
minus-squaretroglodyte_mignon@tarte.nuage-libre.frlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoNo, you’re perfectly right, that’s the sound ducks make. It’s just that there’s another, unrelated word that’s also “coin”.
minus-squareJohnnyEnzyme@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoAh, so I’m not quite insane, yet. Good! 😄
minus-squarematelt@feddit.uklinkfedilinkFrançaisarrow-up2·9 days agoCoin also means corner, so imagine a duck going ‘corner corner’ 😂 Ignore me I’m too easily amused
minus-squareJohnnyEnzyme@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkFrançaisarrow-up1·8 days agoOh, no the amusement factor is a big part of why we hang on, innit, mate? 😅 Well done, et merci.
As an English-speaker, my favorite animal sound in French is still “coin, coin, coin!”
https://a-z-animals.com/media/2021/10/three-white-pekin-ducks-picture-id1092941758.jpg
It’s one of the greatest bad translations - think 98 fenêtres for Windows 98, or vétéran assaisoné for seasoned veteran, it’ll never not make me giggle.
Aha, I’m only an A2 learner in French.
Is “coin” not a good translation for “quack?”
I’ve actually received French & Belgian postcards where they make the balloon bubbles of ducks / geese say “coin, coin!”
I think they’re talking about bad automated translations involving the English word coin (as in money) or the other French word coin (“corner”).
I imagine that word isn’t easy to pronounce for an English speaker, with the nasal vowel?
You know I didn’t even consider coin as in money, you’ve added another level to the hilarity, thank you
https://lemmy.world/post/42809995/22042124
Hehehe that tickled my brain good, thank you!
I’m so confused. My mom sent me a postcard from France around ~2002, and the ducks were all saying ‘coin, coin, coin!’ in the pictures.
EDIT: I’m an idiot at language in general, but I’m also a good mimic. That’s my strength I guess?
No, you’re perfectly right, that’s the sound ducks make. It’s just that there’s another, unrelated word that’s also “coin”.
Ah, so I’m not quite insane, yet. Good! 😄
Coin also means corner, so imagine a duck going ‘corner corner’ 😂
Ignore me I’m too easily amused
Oh, no the amusement factor is a big part of why we hang on, innit, mate? 😅
Well done, et merci.