some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to World News@lemmy.world · 3 months agoIn world first, Russian chess player poisons rival’s board with mercuryarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square148fedilinkarrow-up1829arrow-down114
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minus-squareLizardking27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up69·3 months agoActually that’s allowed, google en poissant.
minus-squareLeate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoActual Russian.
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down3·3 months agoGoogling “en poissant” yields “en passant” as a suggested term. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_passant En poissant = in sticking En passant = in passing En poissant = in fish Je suis hereux d’apprendre quelques psuedo-homonymes en francais ce jour! Merci!
minus-squareLizardking27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoMerci à vous! I do not know French, and my comment was a pun on “en passant” using the word “poison”, but I appreciate the free lesson!
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoVous etes remerci. “You’re welcome” is literally “you are rewelcome”. :)
minus-squareKrauerking@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·3 months agoWOOOSHHH Is the sound the pun made as it just whizzed by you.
Actually that’s allowed, google en poissant.
Holy nightshade!
Actual Russian.
Googling “en poissant” yields “en passant” as a suggested term.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_passant
En poissant = in sticking En passant = in passing En poissant = in fish
Je suis hereux d’apprendre quelques psuedo-homonymes en francais ce jour!
Merci!
Merci à vous! I do not know French, and my comment was a pun on “en passant” using the word “poison”, but I appreciate the free lesson!
Vous etes remerci. “You’re welcome” is literally “you are rewelcome”. :)
WOOOSHHH
Is the sound the pun made as it just whizzed by you.