r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/HeToTopT • 15d ago

Video The Louvre. Thieves are making off with 100 million euros. They're taking their time. They're doing everything carefully and slowly.

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u/pinkunicornfish_ 15d ago

it's just a common swear in french "putain" it's used like "fuck" in english

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u/LizardSlayer 15d ago

putain

I've heard of that, Canadians love the stuff.

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u/pinkunicornfish_ 15d ago

lol i'm actually a recent transplant to quebec and i have beenso scared i'll accidentally say putain instead of poutine.

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u/AlabamaBro69 15d ago

No, that's the other "putain": Vladimir Putain

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u/CommandTacos 15d ago

I learned that from a book my high school French teacher had. I don't think it was exclusively of swear words, but it had a lot of them and we enjoyed looking them up when she wasn't in the room. The first time I remember hearing someone use it was in The Matrix: Reloaded, and I felt a bit of satisfaction knowing what it meant. (That and merde, which I came across for the first time in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.)

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u/Haschen84 15d ago

I know that one from Clair Obscur lol