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[–] Ddinistrioll@lemmy.world 168 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

In French, baguette means "long stick". The bread name comes from this meaning, as it is a long, thin kind of bread :) We also call drum sticks "baguette", as well as anything wooden, long and thin, like a conductor baton or a magic wand!

[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes in French we call it “Baguette de Pain” so Long stick of bread. And baguette magique is magical long stick.

[–] illi@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

“Baguette de Pain”

expected this to be a stick of pain.

[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I know that breadfull.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago

So basically, if you want to eat a baguette in Paris, make sure you're in the right store.

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Ceci n'est pas une baguette

(While I was playing around with the Bing image generator, it gave me this, which I thought was too amazing not to share):

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 15 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] valkyre09@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They call it a baguette royale because of the metric system

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Now I'm hungry for quarters with cheese.

[–] Ddinistrioll@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

I'd call it a "baton", because it's bigger

[–] Kyyrypyy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Baguette un quartre?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

anything wooden, long and thin

So you're saying that Jacob Rees-Mogg is considered a baguette in France?

[–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 years ago

Please stop doing this.

[–] Maultasche@lemmy.world 58 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And because they mostly just say "wand" in the Harry Potter films, the French dub always uses the shorter "baguette" which made it pretty funny for me as a child learning French.

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is the wand shop called a bakery?

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The French have like 5 different words for "bakery"

[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Boulanger (bread maker), pâtissier (cake maker).. what are the other 3?

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

marché du pain, prêt à manger, chez ta mére

[–] kyle1320@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

But only one word for all long stick-like things... Go figure

[–] Damage@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 years ago

That's just more civilized. Only barbarians such as anglos mix up businesses that make bread to those that make pastry .

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As a woman, I read "magic wand" and I get horny.

[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago

Baguette Hitachi

[–] MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com 6 points 2 years ago

Le Weight D'Shake

[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Other funny things. Underwear is “slip” (pronounced like sleep) and bathing suit is “slip de bain”

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Reason fuckin one million to not take the French seriously

[–] uis@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago
[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You would think after 17 years they would have improved the Google Translate a bit more than they have.

[–] timou@jlai.lu 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well, it actually translates to "baguette magique", so nothing to fix, here at least.

[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't pretend to speak French but do they actually call a magical stick a Baguette Magique or wouldn't some other synonym be more fitting?

[–] timou@jlai.lu 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They actually call it a Baguette Magique.

Source: I'm french. (Also, look at the other comments, they explain it better than I could)

[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 1 points 2 years ago

Well alright then, good job Google.

[–] fer0n@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

For one, it’s not google translate. And for another the translation is correct. I actually took a look at Harry Potter with french dub as I couldn’t believe it either and they definitely called their wands "baguette". Also confirmed by other comments here.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It took me a while to understand why us people would find that amusing.