threeplusfire: (pie)
three ([personal profile] threeplusfire) wrote2006-06-23 06:55 pm

pamplemouse!!!!!!!!

Do you know what pamplemousse means? It is the best word ever in the French language. I love it.

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[identity profile] sykii.livejournal.com 2006-06-24 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
as far as I'm concerned, it's among the best words in -any- language.
and that includes ancient Greek, which has a verb that means "to thrust a radish up the fundament" (a common punishment for adultery).

[identity profile] tsarina.livejournal.com 2006-06-24 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
That is one freaky verb. (And why a radish? That's so strange. I love radishes but I don't want one in the fundament.)

[identity profile] sykii.livejournal.com 2006-06-24 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
ραφανιδóω (rafanido) - 1st sg. pres. act. indic.

Perhaps the radish is just ergonomic for such purposes.
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[personal profile] curmudgn 2006-06-24 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
Which brings to mind Michael Bond (the man who wrote Paddington) and his M. Pamplemousse mystery series.

[identity profile] melanie.livejournal.com 2006-06-24 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
dur. i should have known it was gf. my Pamplelune" perfume is gf, after all.