Talk:een kat een kat noemen
Latest comment: 4 years ago by Lingo Bingo Dingo
@Lingo Bingo Dingo: A calque from French appeler un chat un chat? Canonicalization (talk) 14:24, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
- @Canonicalization Yes, that is rather plausible; the French easily predates the Dutch (which to my surprise does date to the era of the French Revolution). Did the French originally have the follow-up phrase et Rolet un fripon?
←₰-→Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk) 10:49, 13 August 2019 (UTC)- @Lingo Bingo Dingo: I didn't know that, but yes, apparently. It's from a poem by Nicolas Boileau. Canonicalization (talk) 17:15, 13 August 2019 (UTC)
- @Canonicalization Do you think it is worth adding, either as an alternative form or in a usage note? It seems trivial to cite. There's also a variant with "Rollet" by the way.
←₰-→Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk) 08:26, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
- @Canonicalization Do you think it is worth adding, either as an alternative form or in a usage note? It seems trivial to cite. There's also a variant with "Rollet" by the way.
- @Lingo Bingo Dingo: I didn't know that, but yes, apparently. It's from a poem by Nicolas Boileau. Canonicalization (talk) 17:15, 13 August 2019 (UTC)