Slightly OT - it has always amused me that “cul-de-sac”, commonly used in the UK to denote a street with a dead end, literally translates from the French as “ar

Slightly OT - it has always amused me that “cul-de-sac”, commonly used in the UK to denote a street with a dead end, literally translates from the French as “arse of bag”, which I guess is accurate in terms of its shape, but I’m sure many people think of it as a rather fancy name because it’s French without knowing the meaning.