Stamets to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world • 2 days agoFrench is such a beautiful languagelemmy.worldimagemessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1539arrow-down10
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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 linkfedilinkEnglish20•edit-22 days agoSomething about gothic girls giving orgasms through the prostate? Is “orgasme” actually orgasm? I’ve literally only known “le petite morte,” but I have to assume it’s a euphemism not the actual word for “orgasm.”
minus-square@Forester@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish24•edit-22 days agoLe petite morte is the little death It’s a euphemism
minus-square@Forester@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-23 hours agoIf you’re using the feminine version of the and little, why are we using the masculine version of death? Sincerely, an American who barely speaks French.
minus-square@Takapapatapaka@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink15•2 days agoIt is indeed (and apparently that’s where the english word comes from)
Something about gothic girls giving orgasms through the prostate?
Is “orgasme” actually orgasm? I’ve literally only known “le petite morte,” but I have to assume it’s a euphemism not the actual word for “orgasm.”
Le petite morte is the little death
It’s a euphemism
No, that would be la petite mort.
If you’re using the feminine version of the and little, why are we using the masculine version of death? Sincerely, an American who barely speaks French.
It is indeed (and apparently that’s where the english word comes from)