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[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 152 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Gork@lemm.ee 105 points 2 weeks ago

OnlyVentilateurs

[-] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 83 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

From context I believe it translated fan into what would be a cooling device, instead of someone that really likes something

[-] thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz 39 points 2 weeks ago

Oh that's makes sense, I thought Bing was translating it from French to English before reading this

[-] yggdar@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

Correct! The translation is fine, except that "fan" was interpreted as the device that moves air.

[-] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 8 points 2 weeks ago

I’ve seen English subtitles of Spanish media making this mistake too. Ventilador is fan in Spanish but they always translate it to ventilator in English (where it should be fan). It’s always a good laugh. Also the mil/millón mixup is funny too.

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

I find it further humorous that their word for fan was basically ventilator so it was translated as "Lana Del Rey standing in front of a ventilator"

[-] degen@midwest.social 16 points 2 weeks ago

I was wondering if "fanatic" ironically could have come from the French language. Looking at the etymology I'm now wondering if "fanum tax" stems from Latin.

[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

https://www.etymonline.com/word/fan

"devotee," 1889, American English, originally of baseball enthusiasts, probably a shortening of fanatic, but it may be influenced by the fancy, a collective term for followers of a certain hobby or sport (especially boxing); see fancy (n.). There is an isolated use from 1682, but the modern word likely is a late 19c. formation. Fan mail attested from 1920, in a Hollywood context; Fan club attested by 1930.

Looking up etymologies always teaches something new. Now I can't stop thinking of "fans" as "fanciers" basically.

[-] BotCheese@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

From what i recall fanum is a dude on twitch, who would take bites of other people's food or something like that, thus it became called the fanum tax.

[-] degen@midwest.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I saw that synopsis under the knowyourmeme result lol. There's always that one friend/relative. Kind of funny there's never really been a phrase for it before.

Still, I like the thought of it meaning everyone has that one food they really like and will steal a bite if anyone gets it.

[-] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

I mean, the dad tax has always been a thing.

[-] Erbteufel665@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Isn't that Louane? A fairly successful singer and actress from France?

[-] zeograd@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

My first thought too.

If not, she's looking quite like her.

[-] Bourff@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, that's not a random fan.

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I all fairness, the short sentence "Person X with a fan in France" could just as easily be meant either way.

Probabilistically I wouldn't be surprise that the fan that blows is more likely that the fan who is a person simply because everybody but a handful of people in the World do not really have legions of human fans they take pictures with, but once in a while some of them might in fact be mentioned along with the mention of a fan of the blowing kind.

It's only the picture and us recognizing Lana Del Rey as a celebrity that lets us know it's one kind of fan rather than the other kind.

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I dont get it. Is Lana gonna kill her or something?

[-] CetaceanNeeded@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

I don't speak French but my understanding of it is that french has a word for fan (of someone) and fan (that moves air) and translate used the wrong one.

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 5 points 2 weeks ago

I read the translation the wrong way. :/ thought it was French to English.

[-] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago
this post was submitted on 12 Oct 2024
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