My coworker just asked me why we have stickers that say fragile in French but not in English.

[bwacton@mastodon.social]

@dillyd yes but it sounds different!

[dillyd@turtleisland.social]

@stephaniepixie
I misunderstood at first, thought that we had run out and needed to order more.

[oblomov@sociale.network]

@fskornia @dillyd TBH it is the same in Italian too 8-D

[stephaniepixie@fandom.garden]

@dillyd You assume the best. A great quality
I guess they learned a new English word

[fskornia@glammr.us]

@oblomov @dillyd "Fragile" is the Rosetta Stone key of modern languages.

[mastosalo@nerdculture.de]

@dillyd

Oh that is gold.

Reminds me of that gesundheit joke.

Another tangent flashback: I wish I could recall right now a misheard lyrics bit of my friend but I can't. That one sent me weezin' for minutes. I was blue in the face. It'll come to me later. Probably when I try to sleep.

[wallflower@beige.party]

@fskornia @dillyd

This is, of course, what I thought and even heard pronounced in my head

[apbblue@thepit.social]

@Wallflower @fskornia @dillyd SAME

[apbblue@thepit.social]

@Wallflower @fskornia @dillyd frah-GEE-lay

[christopherbrown@mastodon.social]

@fskornia @dillyd This, of course.

[wallflower@beige.party]

@APBBlue @fskornia @dillyd

[kitty@mastoart.social]

@dillyd With some scissors you can use the stickers for Castellano too. (remove the e - frágil)

[justgrist@disabled.social]

@dillyd lol

[dillyd@turtleisland.social]

@Kitty
He went on to ask if the stickers would work for a shipment to Mexico. I told him I'm pretty sure they would understand

[dillyd@turtleisland.social]

@mastosalo
I'll ready for it when it comes to you

[masukomi@connectified.com]

@dillyd what language were they speaking when they asked?

[dillyd@turtleisland.social]

@masukomi
French. I live in Quebec and speak mostly French during the workday.

[masukomi@connectified.com]

@dillyd that seems far more reasonable than the other way around . Still silly but less silly

[moss_the_texie@rheinneckar.social]

@Kitty
Remove the accent, too: “fragil”—german.

@dillyd

[davea@mastodon.me.uk]

@dillyd Here in Wales road signs must be bilingual (Welsh/English) which gets fun when roads are named in languages that are neither. My favourite is Avenue de Clichy, though I can't tell if Welsh or English is first on the sign...