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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Arthur said it was a pun that only works in English. Wordplay. Back up thread when you were still arguing it was French.
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It's literally something THEY CHANGED IN THE FRENCH TRANSLATION, because the pun DOESN'T WORK IN FRENCH because in French they don't say the word "sieve" Jesus Christ
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Life is pain Anyone who tells you otherwise is trying to sell you on a keto diet
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“She used PAIN in her books! Crucio is a spell that causes pain! PAIN is French!!!”
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