Thought Chuck: March 30, 2010
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Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron
DISEASE OF THE WEEK EDITION
The English word for the ailment “gout” is also the French word for “taste.”
Photo Credit: DanCentury
Current Mood Photo Credit: Phillip Torrone
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DISEASE OF THE WEEK EDITION
The English word for the ailment “gout” is also the French word for “taste.”
Photo Credit: DanCentury
Current Mood Photo Credit: Phillip Torrone
WRONG!
The French word for taste is goût, with an accent circumflex over the U. The circumflex, or petit chapeau, usually means there used to be an S after that letter (see the word fête, which means party – if you put the S back in it's feste, which we recognize as relating to party in English).
On a quick Mac Dictionary look up of the English word "gout" it hails from Old French "goute," which comes from the Latin "gutta," meaning "drop" ("because gout was believed to be caused by the dropping of diseased matter from the blood into the joints")…. so the French word you're looking for is "goutte" which means "drop", as in a "goute de pluie" (raindrop).
Who's the nerd now Charles? :)
WRONG!
The French word for taste is goût, with an accent circumflex over the U. The circumflex, or petit chapeau, usually means there used to be an S after that letter (see the word fête, which means party – if you put the S back in it's feste, which we recognize as relating to party in English).
On a quick Mac Dictionary look up of the English word "gout" it hails from Old French "goute," which comes from the Latin "gutta," meaning "drop" ("because gout was believed to be caused by the dropping of diseased matter from the blood into the joints")…. so the French word you're looking for is "goutte" which means "drop", as in a "goute de pluie" (raindrop).
Who's the nerd now Charles? :)
and according to my French husband and wikipedia France, the French word for the ailment gout is La Goutte, coming from "drop" as explained above. I know, TMI.
and according to my French husband and wikipedia France, the French word for the ailment gout is La Goutte, coming from "drop" as explained above. I know, TMI.