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Genuinely curious, what context would explain something relating to a cat? My first reaction as a French native speaker was to read it as "the chat", consideri
by incorrecthorse 3y ago
Genuinely curious, what context would explain something relating to a cat?
My first reaction as a French native speaker was to read it as "the chat", considering that "chat" is a well-known Anglicism in French.
- calmoo 3y agoI recognised it because of that poster for ‘Le Chat Noir’
- yawnxyz 3y agowhen you use it on dark mode, it does say Le Chat Noir_ as an inside joke!
- growt 3y agoYes in that context it's pretty clear, but if you encounter the word "chat" in any french text, wouldn't you normally assume that it means the animal? I have a similar example in german: The word "Fee" in german means "fairy" and when we used it to promote a product in the past, someone who came from a financial background read it as the english "fee" and was pretty confused about that sentence :)