Square Singer@feddit.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-28 months agoIf "infant" means child does that mean that "fant" means adult?message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down124file-text
arrow-up145arrow-down1message-squareIf "infant" means child does that mean that "fant" means adult?Square Singer@feddit.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-28 months agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEthanol@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·8 months agoAccording to wiktionary infant comes from the Latin word infans, meaning “unable to speak”. The term fans means “to speak”. Not sure if your Fanta can speak though :P
minus-square6daemonbag@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·8 months agoWhich is why we have “infantry.” Soldiers who don’t speak and follow orders
minus-squareGilles_D@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up11·8 months agoAs a side note here, Fanta was derived from the German word „Fantasie“. I don’t think it needs translating.
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·8 months agoSide note on the side note: Fanta was invented in nazi Germany because they couldn’t import all the ingredients for Cola
minus-squarez500@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-28 months ago🇬🇧 fantasy 🇮🇹 fantasia 🇫🇷 fantaisie 🇨🇿 fantazie 🇸🇰 fantazia 🇷🇺 фантазия 🇩🇪 FANTASIE
minus-squareidunnololz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoAh yes, a reference to the thousand year dream /s
minus-squareLolaCat@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoSo it wouldn’t be technically wrong to refer to mute people as infants right? /s
According to wiktionary infant comes from the Latin word infans, meaning “unable to speak”. The term fans means “to speak”.
Not sure if your Fanta can speak though :P
Which is why we have “infantry.” Soldiers who don’t speak and follow orders
As a side note here, Fanta was derived from the German word „Fantasie“. I don’t think it needs translating.
Side note on the side note: Fanta was invented in nazi Germany because they couldn’t import all the ingredients for Cola
🇬🇧 fantasy
🇮🇹 fantasia
🇫🇷 fantaisie
🇨🇿 fantazie
🇸🇰 fantazia
🇷🇺 фантазия
🇩🇪 FANTASIE
q.e.d.
Ah yes, a reference to the thousand year dream /s
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So it wouldn’t be technically wrong to refer to mute people as infants right? /s