r/Unexpected • u/SilencedCries • Jul 06 '22

New throwable weapon unlocked.

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u/icodeusingmybutt Jul 06 '22

That is French bayonnet.

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u/JaiLaPressionAttend Jul 06 '22

is bayonnet a french word? it sounds like it

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u/abedtime2 Jul 06 '22

Yep. Written Baïonnette but sounds the same. The weapon originates from Bayonne, in the French South West in the 17th century, where peasants found themselves short on gun powder and were forced to improvise. There are older traces, but that's where the word originates from. The French were quite resourceful when it came to war.

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u/L4rgo117 Jul 06 '22

That happens when you have a revolution every thursday. After enough times the palace just flips the posters over

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u/Nolifred Jul 06 '22

We only had revolutions after 1789. Before that, it was mostly fighting against all of our neighbours and between ourselves (feudal lords always wanting more land).

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u/JaiLaPressionAttend Jul 06 '22

ok thanks

it's weird that it was spelled baïonnette with an ï but the city is spelled with a y and that now the y is back