Lingua Franca

“So many words get lost. They leave the mouth and lose their courage, wandering aimlessly until they are swept into the gutter like dead leaves. On rainy days you can hear their chorus rushing past: IwasabeautifulgirlPleasedon’tgoItoobelieve mybodyismadeofglassI’veneverlovedanyone IthinkofmyselfasfunnyForgiveme …”

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@indigopersei is the french language just always on the verge of getting someone accused of assault or..?

[dammitperseus]

my friend, if only you knew

[randomfandomteacher]

It’s a very dangerous language to learn

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Here’s an interesting thing about French! Everything needs to have an article in front of it. That’s why it’s “la chat” as opposed to just “chat”. So, for instance, you could say la fille for the girl, or jeune fille for young girl, but you can’t just say fille, because that means you are calling her a sex worker in a derogatory way.

The moral of the story is, if you want to make something rude in French, just take out the article in front of it. Yes, this works for nearly. every. word.

[wine-dark-sea]

#now I’m wondering how often my high school french teacher was silently screaming because of this little fact

Every year. Every year there’s that kid who forgets that you can’t translate “I am excited” to “Je suis excitée”. And every year Monsieur Jordan has to slam the brakes before that kid can finish his sentence and then tactfully ask him not to announce to the class that he is horny.

[shamwowxl]

“is the french language always on the verge” oh buddy, oh pal, i am so happy to break this news to you: 

[awesomefrench]

Do we tell them about “bifle”? 

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Awesome Illustrated Tree Shows You The Origins of Language

If you ever wondered about the ancient linguistic links and how they are interwoven with each other, then Minna Sundberg has just the infographic you have been looking for. Take a closer look!

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First recorded in the early 1920s

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Souly Prints

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For the entire comic from the one and only Oatmeal​, click here. 👈🏻

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Everyone who knows Petyr Baelish (aka Littlefinger) knows that “guileful” is one of many adjectives that aptly describe him.

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The Awkward Yeti

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Vietnam, you are 100% the best at this. Keep it up

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