fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agoAch aye, Scottish words for plantsmander.xyzexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down12
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minus-squareTiger666@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoNo, it means lion’s teeth. Pissenlit is piss the bed.
minus-squareYoddel_Hickory@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYeah that’s what I meant, around here everyone calls them pissenlit, hence piss the bed.
minus-squareYoddel_Hickory@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAka no one in French would call them dandelion
minus-squareTiger666@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI did, sometimes, as a child. We called them pissenlit et dandelion, both pronounced in French. I grew up speaking both English and French though.
No, it means lion’s teeth.
Pissenlit is piss the bed.
Yeah that’s what I meant, around here everyone calls them pissenlit, hence piss the bed.
Aka no one in French would call them dandelion
I did, sometimes, as a child. We called them pissenlit et dandelion, both pronounced in French.
I grew up speaking both English and French though.