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Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.works · 1 year ago

As a native English speaker with some French, I've always wanted to open a food market and call it Fat Cherries.

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As a native English speaker with some French, I've always wanted to open a food market and call it Fat Cherries.

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Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.works · 1 year ago

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English - Groceries:

The commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery.
Plural form of grocery. Multiple retailers of groceries. French - gros ceries:
gros = fat (big)
cerises = cherries

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He did mention he’s an English native, though, he’d likely butcher the pronunciation so it sounds like Fat Cherries 😃

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