Tag: Confusing Terms

  • Damn Confusing French Words

    Damn Confusing French Words

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    Those damn confusing Middle French words will screw you up every single time.

    Duvet – (origin Middle French) noun

    1. a usually down-filled quilt, often with a removable cover; comforter.

     

    Bidet- (origin Middle French) noun

    1. a low, basinlike bathroom fixture, usually with spigots, used for bathing the genital and perineal areas.

     

    In getting ready to go on a trip, my wife dictated a list of items we needed to do/get.  One of them was to clean the comforter.  So in my list I wrote, “Clean Duvet”.  She hadn’t ever used the term duvet and thought I had thrown a joke in the list and when I questioned her, she said pretty much what the cartoon implies.

     

    Ever been confused by similar sounding words/phrases?   Be out of touch for the next couple weeks (or minimal) so talk amongst yourselves.