I AM SO ANGRY AT ALL THESE HIGH STREET BRANDS THAT USE FRENCH WORDS/SAYINGS ON THEIR CLOTHING WITHOUT EVEN CHECKING IF THEY'RE SPELT CORRECTLY.
You'd think they would have enough money in their design department budget to be able to check up to see if the words are spelt correctly, right? Well, apparently not, and bilinguals are able to pick it up VERY quickly.
I was in River Island today (NO I'M NOT GOING TO KEEP THEM ANONYMOUS BECAUSE I'M SO ANGRY) and they had a t-shirt which said 'soigné' written on it. Nice material, nice colour, nice style, but not a nice saying!!!!!! I assume they meant to reference Kanye and the typical 'blessed' and wanted to add a nice twist to it. Fair enough, indi3 af. But the term in French actually comes from the word 'soin', meaning to 'care'. This, when conjugated, can be translated to 'to be cured from'. WHICH DOES NOT MEAN BLESSED. PLEASE GET A NATIVE OR NEAR NATIVE FRENCH PERSON TO CHECK YOUR PRODUCTS BEFORE PRODUCING THEM.
Rant over.
You'd think they would have enough money in their design department budget to be able to check up to see if the words are spelt correctly, right? Well, apparently not, and bilinguals are able to pick it up VERY quickly.
I was in River Island today (NO I'M NOT GOING TO KEEP THEM ANONYMOUS BECAUSE I'M SO ANGRY) and they had a t-shirt which said 'soigné' written on it. Nice material, nice colour, nice style, but not a nice saying!!!!!! I assume they meant to reference Kanye and the typical 'blessed' and wanted to add a nice twist to it. Fair enough, indi3 af. But the term in French actually comes from the word 'soin', meaning to 'care'. This, when conjugated, can be translated to 'to be cured from'. WHICH DOES NOT MEAN BLESSED. PLEASE GET A NATIVE OR NEAR NATIVE FRENCH PERSON TO CHECK YOUR PRODUCTS BEFORE PRODUCING THEM.
Rant over.
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