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EulerLagrange.eth
@eulerlagrange.eth
Even the French language is stupid
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Thomas
@aviationdoctor.eth
And yet an advocate is someone who defends you, including in a legal sense in some English-speaking countries (like India, where an advocate has a bachelor of law vs a lawyer who passed the bar) Beyond that, “faux amis” (false friends) in French are fun! There are plenty of them due to the historical proximity with English (which borrows ~70% of its words from French) and semantic divergence over time actuellement ≠ actually blesser ≠ to bless un car ≠ a car déception ≠ deception éventuellement ≠ eventually fortuné ≠ fortunate etc.
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Thomas
@aviationdoctor.eth
Though technically an advocate would translate to “un défenseur”, which is also the word used for a player in a defending position in a game of football/soccer. At least here the two meanings are not as far apart as between a lawyer and a fruit lol @vitalik.eth would probably enjoy this thread
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