Indeed. According to a literary website from Lyon's library, the s was not pronounced in certain words well before we stopped writing them. Apparently it took a few centuries to introduce the circumflex.
Bien que la graphie ait longtemps gardé la présence de ce /s/, on ne le prononçait plus depuis bien avant qu'on ne décide, au XVIIIe siècle (dès l'édition de 1740 du Dictionnaire de l'Académie française), de noter cet amuïssement par le recours systématique à l'accent circonflexe. L'amuïssement du /s/ en position appuyante date pourtant d'après 1066.
Or in English
Although the spelling retained the /s/ for a long time, it had ceased to be pronounced well before the decision was made in the 18th century (starting with the 1740 edition of the Dictionary of the French Academy) to systematically indicate this elision through the use of the circumflex accent. The elision of the /s/ in stressed position, however, dates back to after 1066.
That would be very typical of French. Spoken French is well in advance on the written form. Hence the jokes at its expense.
Maybe in a few other centuries we'll have made a few other reforms to match what's written with what we're saying, but I think most of us kind of like that. The written form is the glue that holds all the varieties of French together and writing formal French also makes one feel a bit smug.
And when the letters are removed, French still lets you know there was a letter at some point by putting a little hat on top of the preceding letter. It makes learning it even funnier.
Forêt and forest. Arrêt and arrest. Hôpital and hospital.
As a native French speaker this may be the laziest part to me. We still say someone was hoSpitalisé, in a hôpital. People can be défeneStrés through fenêtres. Someone can be arrêté through arrestation.
Lots of hidden pains and treasures. When I was a kid I thought learning all this shit was pointless. We should just reform everything and spell like we speak. But then I also learned to appreciate the evolution of the language, and why it's aisle and isle in English.
A few months to a few days. And they leave notices on the bikes before taking them anyway. But the point is, a pole is my least favorite option to lock my bike. It's dead last in the list of choices.
It's an "illegal" last resort that means there's no bike racks near my destination, or they are all full. So just like the meme says, I'm at the stage where if I can't securely park and lock my bike somewhere, I'll turn around or won't go. If there's space for an ocean of parking for cars, there's space for a bike rack somewhere.
I've only heard shōganai by westerners describing life in Japan, and then while watching videos of the tsunami in 2011. And as others have said, it may be a reference for you, but isn't it just a common saying? Common enough that someone from the other side of the planet knows it, but not your reference.
Yes, and no. Theft can be a strong possibility, but not "all the time". It depends a lot on where you lock the bike, its value, and how you lock it.
I have had two bikes stolen twice in about 10 years. One was a hybrid worth about $1k. It was locked with a cable by the side of a Walmart in a neighborhood of questionable reputation. It took me about 15 minutes to get in and out and the cable was cut when I came back. The other was also a hybrid worth about $1k. It was stolen while locked with a cable, in the underground garage of my building. However I have another "cheap" bike from a big retail store locked with a very cheap cable lock in the same garage, and nobody stole it.
So now even if my contract says I can't bring a bike in the apartment, my "expensive" hybrid takes the elevator with me and stays in my living room. I also now use a thick U-lock because cables are risky. But even then I know very well that leaving it locked with a U-lock outside for any prolonged period of time is also risky.
If you have a "nicer" bike than average, you have to be mentally prepared to have it stolen at some point. Not "all the time", but maybe a few times in your life, depending on your luck and locations.
It's illegal where I live to lock a bike to "urban furniture", and a pole is also often not the safest place. If not stolen, it will be removed by the city.
I don't drive a car and hate them very much, but I have this in common with motorists. Only what I'm looking for is a secure place to lock my bike. Which is somehow often rarer than a parking space for cars.
I got my bike stolen while it was locked by the side of a Walmart, so now I'm much more careful about the "parking situation" and I use a bike share or public transit if I fear for the safety of my vehicle.
At some point in history we (the West) lost the technology for running water, indoor plumbing, and sewers, for centuries. So a bicycle, even a draisienne, is still pretty complicated in that context.
It's an interesting exercise, that could have happened. Like a lot of other things. The battery could be another example.
Or like, the invention of the computer, if we count the Antikythera mechanism as a computer.
Apt blew my mind. It was becoming increasingly difficult to install and maintain a lot of software on Slackware, just for my personal computer. So when a friend showed me Debian and apt, everything was suddenly much much easier.
I can upvote this one in spirit. I started with a distro based on Slackware around 1998. I tried different ones like Mandrake, but went back to Slackware for a while. Then I tried Debian 2.2 in the early 2000 and stayed with it ever since.
I do have other distros installed on other computers, but I usually prefer those based on Debian.
I changed job recently. When I was hired, my manager told me I could work from home indefinitely. But her manager came back from vacation and wants everyone to come back to the office at least 3 days a week, to "foster team spirit".
However nobody likes to go to the current office because it's an old warehouse that is dark, and most employees don't have their own place, so we have to hunt for a free desk every time we go there. But we're moving to a new office soon and she says that because we pay a hefty price for that space, she will expect everyone to go at least 4 days a week.
So far I'm the most efficient of my team. It's boring and I'm clearly overqualified but I was okay with this as long as I could work from home. I have my own office, with a view on the city, my kitchen, my own private bathroom, and team spirit can be achieved without the need to be physically at the same place.
I see return to the office as a failure to use technology, and a way to control me and my coworkers. She feels lonely because she is the one that likes to go to the office, and she wants everyone to commute needlessly, like she does, so we can all be miserable together. Well, I'm not going to lose an hour of my life going to and from the office 4 days a week to make her happy. I will indeed quit as soon as it becomes mandatory.
I work with Jira and they replaced the search with an AI. I have no choice but to use it to search through previous tickets, and it sucks.
Sometimes I try to use it to help me solve tickets, but most of its suggestions are wrong.
So I could very well do my work without AI. I could before being forced to use it.
Indeed. According to a literary website from Lyon's library, the s was not pronounced in certain words well before we stopped writing them. Apparently it took a few centuries to introduce the circumflex.
Or in English
That would be very typical of French. Spoken French is well in advance on the written form. Hence the jokes at its expense.
Maybe in a few other centuries we'll have made a few other reforms to match what's written with what we're saying, but I think most of us kind of like that. The written form is the glue that holds all the varieties of French together and writing formal French also makes one feel a bit smug.
And when the letters are removed, French still lets you know there was a letter at some point by putting a little hat on top of the preceding letter. It makes learning it even funnier.
Forêt and forest. Arrêt and arrest. Hôpital and hospital.
As a native French speaker this may be the laziest part to me. We still say someone was hoSpitalisé, in a hôpital. People can be défeneStrés through fenêtres. Someone can be arrêté through arrestation.
Lots of hidden pains and treasures. When I was a kid I thought learning all this shit was pointless. We should just reform everything and spell like we speak. But then I also learned to appreciate the evolution of the language, and why it's aisle and isle in English.
Yes it is sceau
A few months to a few days. And they leave notices on the bikes before taking them anyway. But the point is, a pole is my least favorite option to lock my bike. It's dead last in the list of choices.
It's an "illegal" last resort that means there's no bike racks near my destination, or they are all full. So just like the meme says, I'm at the stage where if I can't securely park and lock my bike somewhere, I'll turn around or won't go. If there's space for an ocean of parking for cars, there's space for a bike rack somewhere.
It will all be under water in a few decades anyway.
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I'm from the previous generation so to me it wasn't Timon & Pumbaa, but rather Baloo (and Mowgli) signing in French about the bare necessities: Il en faut peu pour être heureux. Vraiment très peu pour être heureux. Il faut se satisfaire du nécessaire.
I've only heard shōganai by westerners describing life in Japan, and then while watching videos of the tsunami in 2011. And as others have said, it may be a reference for you, but isn't it just a common saying? Common enough that someone from the other side of the planet knows it, but not your reference.
Yes, and no. Theft can be a strong possibility, but not "all the time". It depends a lot on where you lock the bike, its value, and how you lock it.
I have had two bikes stolen twice in about 10 years. One was a hybrid worth about $1k. It was locked with a cable by the side of a Walmart in a neighborhood of questionable reputation. It took me about 15 minutes to get in and out and the cable was cut when I came back. The other was also a hybrid worth about $1k. It was stolen while locked with a cable, in the underground garage of my building. However I have another "cheap" bike from a big retail store locked with a very cheap cable lock in the same garage, and nobody stole it.
So now even if my contract says I can't bring a bike in the apartment, my "expensive" hybrid takes the elevator with me and stays in my living room. I also now use a thick U-lock because cables are risky. But even then I know very well that leaving it locked with a U-lock outside for any prolonged period of time is also risky.
If you have a "nicer" bike than average, you have to be mentally prepared to have it stolen at some point. Not "all the time", but maybe a few times in your life, depending on your luck and locations.
It's illegal where I live to lock a bike to "urban furniture", and a pole is also often not the safest place. If not stolen, it will be removed by the city.
I don't drive a car and hate them very much, but I have this in common with motorists. Only what I'm looking for is a secure place to lock my bike. Which is somehow often rarer than a parking space for cars.
I got my bike stolen while it was locked by the side of a Walmart, so now I'm much more careful about the "parking situation" and I use a bike share or public transit if I fear for the safety of my vehicle.
At some point in history we (the West) lost the technology for running water, indoor plumbing, and sewers, for centuries. So a bicycle, even a draisienne, is still pretty complicated in that context.
It's an interesting exercise, that could have happened. Like a lot of other things. The battery could be another example.
Or like, the invention of the computer, if we count the Antikythera mechanism as a computer.
It's from an old episode of the Simpsons.
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Also known as cat abuse.
Apt blew my mind. It was becoming increasingly difficult to install and maintain a lot of software on Slackware, just for my personal computer. So when a friend showed me Debian and apt, everything was suddenly much much easier.
I can upvote this one in spirit. I started with a distro based on Slackware around 1998. I tried different ones like Mandrake, but went back to Slackware for a while. Then I tried Debian 2.2 in the early 2000 and stayed with it ever since.
I do have other distros installed on other computers, but I usually prefer those based on Debian.
I wonder if I'd be quick enough to dislodge both legs at the same time and make it fall in.
Not only it's where it belongs, it's what it deserves
The rich certainly are.
I changed job recently. When I was hired, my manager told me I could work from home indefinitely. But her manager came back from vacation and wants everyone to come back to the office at least 3 days a week, to "foster team spirit".
However nobody likes to go to the current office because it's an old warehouse that is dark, and most employees don't have their own place, so we have to hunt for a free desk every time we go there. But we're moving to a new office soon and she says that because we pay a hefty price for that space, she will expect everyone to go at least 4 days a week.
So far I'm the most efficient of my team. It's boring and I'm clearly overqualified but I was okay with this as long as I could work from home. I have my own office, with a view on the city, my kitchen, my own private bathroom, and team spirit can be achieved without the need to be physically at the same place.
I see return to the office as a failure to use technology, and a way to control me and my coworkers. She feels lonely because she is the one that likes to go to the office, and she wants everyone to commute needlessly, like she does, so we can all be miserable together. Well, I'm not going to lose an hour of my life going to and from the office 4 days a week to make her happy. I will indeed quit as soon as it becomes mandatory.