fer0n@lemm.ee to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoTIL "magic wand" translates to "baguette magique" in frenchi.imgur.comimagemessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1480arrow-down124
arrow-up1456arrow-down1imageTIL "magic wand" translates to "baguette magique" in frenchi.imgur.comfer0n@lemm.ee to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squareObi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·10 months agoBaton is also a similar word yeah, but maybe more reserved for bigger sticks like the ones you throw to your dog, baguettes are smaller more delicate.
minus-squareCeruleanRuin@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoThat’s interesting, because for English-speakers, a baton is more closely associated with a delicate little conductor’s baton, though I suppose those big twirly sticks with pompoms that cheerleaders throw are also called batons.
minus-squarewieson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoIs a police beating stick not also called a baton?
minus-squareRobaquelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months ago police beating stick Ahhh, the wonderful ambiguities of english grammar
Baton is also a similar word yeah, but maybe more reserved for bigger sticks like the ones you throw to your dog, baguettes are smaller more delicate.
That’s interesting, because for English-speakers, a baton is more closely associated with a delicate little conductor’s baton, though I suppose those big twirly sticks with pompoms that cheerleaders throw are also called batons.
Is a police beating stick not also called a baton?
Ahhh, the wonderful ambiguities of english grammar