Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoNvidia offices raided by French competition authoritywww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1406arrow-down13
arrow-up1403arrow-down1external-linkNvidia offices raided by French competition authoritywww.theverge.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squareObi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 year agoI think it’s only in French that we associate raid with “all guns blazing” because we use the English word for cool action movies and the French one for boring news segments.
minus-squaregohixo9650@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·1 year agoit’s not only in French. The word raid is quite connotated with an armed police raid, at least in non native speakers.
minus-squareObi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYeah that makes sense, probably for similar reasons right?
I think it’s only in French that we associate raid with “all guns blazing” because we use the English word for cool action movies and the French one for boring news segments.
it’s not only in French. The word raid is quite connotated with an armed police raid, at least in non native speakers.
Yeah that makes sense, probably for similar reasons right?