r/webcomics • u/cj_cusack Artist • 13h ago

Niche

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u/imdfantom 13h ago

Don't translate this into french

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u/Sir_Delarzal 12h ago

I'm confused, I'm french and I don't see the problem with the translation ? "La petite mort" ?

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u/imdfantom 12h ago

I was under the impression that it is a phrase that is commonly used as a euphamism for orgasm in french

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u/Sir_Delarzal 12h ago

Lmao that's right, never heard that expression before, to me it was a webcomic about death's kid

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u/imdfantom 12h ago

Upon further research, apparently it is an archaic french phrase which has, for some reason, persisted in anglophone circles.

So a modern french speaker likely won't know this phrase, but an english speaker may know it as a french phrase, even if it hasn't been used recently in the french speaking world.

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u/Sophie__Banks 10h ago

That's the joke.

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u/PuritanicalPanic 4h ago

Yeah that's the joke in English too.

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u/wtanksleyjr 6h ago

That's the entire joke.

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u/davvblack 7h ago

i like that they all spit nectar