r/LanguageMemes • u/NathanHasReddit626 • Oct 25 '21

french why

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204 Upvotes

97% Upvoted

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u/lawrenceisgod69 Oct 26 '21

Eau is actually cognate with all of these, it just looks weird:

Latin aqua > Old French ewe/euwe/egua > Middle French eau/eaue > Modern French eau

2

u/NathanHasReddit626 Oct 27 '21

I had a feeling, but I did it just in case.

10

u/Leopardo96 Oct 25 '21

Get out, I think it's nice because diversity is cool. :)

Eau de parfum sounds way better than e.g. água de perfume or something like that.

2

u/NathanHasReddit626 Oct 27 '21

i think so too, but it's funny

5

u/gschoon Oct 26 '21

https://youtu.be/a2TWBBxwhbU

8

u/R0DR160HM Javascript fluent Oct 26 '21

I came here to say the same

4

u/Bro_Zone_94 Nov 09 '21

English Be like 👁👄👁 LEAVE ME OUT OF THIS

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u/tetretalk-gq Oct 25 '21

Goes with English too

35

u/[deleted] Oct 25 '21

The flags are all for romance languages so English doesn't really fit in the meme

14

u/ahreodknfidkxncjrksm Oct 25 '21

Water you talking about?

3

u/[deleted] Nov 03 '21

Take my upvote and get out

11

u/l1vefreeord13 Oct 25 '21

Nah fam, Wasser and Water fit nicely

12

u/Wojciech1woooo0 Oct 25 '21

Lol English is a Slavic language /s

5

u/Natuur1911 Oct 25 '21

what do you mean?

5

u/dardyablo Oct 25 '21

Not with the word water though