It’s just another French word we fucked up.

“fraud, deception, humbug”

  • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]@hexbear.net
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    2 days ago

    Honestly though the Joan of Arc quote on that page is hilarious to me:

    Mais, fussent-ils cent mille Goddem de plus qu’a present, ils n’auront pas ce royaume.
    [But even if the Goddams [i.e. Englishmen] numbered a hundred thousand more than at present, they will not have this kingdom.]

    I dunno, just something about putting corrupted English vulgarity in the middle of a French sentence tickles me.

    • JoYo 🇺🇸@lemmy.mlOP
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      I just hear the guitar brand Godin when I read Goddem. I’ve only heard the name pronouced once by someone French Canadian, they spell sounds all funny there.