fer0n@lemm.ee to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoTIL "magic wand" translates to "baguette magique" in frenchi.imgur.comimagemessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1478arrow-down124
arrow-up1454arrow-down1imageTIL "magic wand" translates to "baguette magique" in frenchi.imgur.comfer0n@lemm.ee to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-squareObi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·11 months agoBaton is also a similar word yeah, but maybe more reserved for bigger sticks like the ones you throw to your dog, baguettes are smaller more delicate.
minus-squareCeruleanRuin@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoThat’s interesting, because for English-speakers, a baton is more closely associated with a delicate little conductor’s baton, though I suppose those big twirly sticks with pompoms that cheerleaders throw are also called batons.
minus-squarewieson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoIs a police beating stick not also called a baton?
minus-squareRobaque@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months ago police beating stick Ahhh, the wonderful ambiguities of english grammar
Baton is also a similar word yeah, but maybe more reserved for bigger sticks like the ones you throw to your dog, baguettes are smaller more delicate.
That’s interesting, because for English-speakers, a baton is more closely associated with a delicate little conductor’s baton, though I suppose those big twirly sticks with pompoms that cheerleaders throw are also called batons.
Is a police beating stick not also called a baton?
Ahhh, the wonderful ambiguities of english grammar