Yeah, so the fuck what That doesn't make using an ACTUAL ENGLISH WORD to mean the OPPOSITE OF WHAT THAT WORD MEANS somehow not a mistake Maybe her knowing the French word is the *explanation* for the mistake, it doesn't make her somehow secretly correct
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Also, "Pensieve" isn't French, it's just a pun in English ("pensive" + "sieve") The French translation of Harry Potter doesn't use it, because the word "sieve" isn't what it's called in French (it's called a "tamis") The translator renders it "Pensine"
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I thought so too, until the films had Gambon pronounce it the French way.
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Actually it does, for a lot of English words ending in “ation”. Say them in a French accent and that is literally the French translation.
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The word "sieve" does not have a "French pronunciation" because it is not a French word
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Many French words end in “ive”, pronounced with a long i. Pensive isn’t one of them and yes, sieve is Germanic in origin (modern German: Sieb). It’s called wordplay.
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Okay, so Michael Gambon said a word in a movie that "sounds French" even though it is not in any sense French, and that's... part of the intrinsic French-ness of Harry Potter or something, and that means you were right about "Pensieve" being "French" and you are totally not owned
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And you totally knew, all along, that "sieve" had a Germanic and not Romance origin You totally didn't fuck that up My perception that you fucked that up and said something stupid that proves you don't actually speak French is because I just haven't studied French enough
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Well I literally live in Germany so the word comes up now and then. But no, I didn’t know the word until you told me
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How the fuck should I know and why the fuck should I care where you live You said "sieve" was a French word and it isn't, I have little interest in analyzing the whole thought process behind your ignorance
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Replying to @arthur_affect @canpacinobox and
It can be interesting when someone is truly confused but, when someone is making stuff as they go along, it's boring.
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