fer0n@lemm.ee to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoTIL "magic wand" translates to "baguette magique" in frenchi.imgur.comimagemessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1imageTIL "magic wand" translates to "baguette magique" in frenchi.imgur.comfer0n@lemm.ee to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squareDdinistrioll@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-29 months agoIn French, baguette means “long stick”. The bread name comes from this meaning, as it is a long, thin kind of bread :) We also call drum sticks “baguette”, as well as anything wooden, long and thin, like a conductor baton or a magic wand!
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·9 months ago anything wooden, long and thin So you’re saying that Jacob Rees-Mogg is considered a baguette in France?
In French, baguette means “long stick”. The bread name comes from this meaning, as it is a long, thin kind of bread :) We also call drum sticks “baguette”, as well as anything wooden, long and thin, like a conductor baton or a magic wand!
So you’re saying that Jacob Rees-Mogg is considered a baguette in France?