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[–] iii@mander.xyz 29 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

A mix of styles?

Variété is a French word, meaning variety. If the interpretation used in the screenshot was the intended goal, then that word was available too.

[–] nimomycelium@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Mélange can sometimes be interpreted as a "variety" in a figurative sense, it doesn't directly translate to "variety" in the way variété does - there is semantic overlap.

[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

Mixture and variety mean the same thing sometimes.

[–] fishos@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

This is why literature is dying. If it's not literally, explicitly, no ambiguity at all stated, then it doesn't exist. Have you never heard of what a pun is? It's a literal play on words. Twisting them slightly for the sake of a joke.

People can't understand this and then they jump on Reddit/Lemmy and have "discussions" where they do the same shit and can't grasp any nuance or thought deeper than surface level.

[–] JamesStallion@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Melange just straight doesn't mean variety though

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] JamesStallion@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I mean, a it‘s not a play on words because the saying "la melange est la saveur/epice/piquant de la vie" just makes no sense. It's not that I want things to be literal, it's just that this particular "play on words" doesn't even exist.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world -5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Do you also hate half rhymes? Words are fuzzy.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

It looks more like they can speak French.

[–] JamesStallion@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

a half rhyme sounds like a rhyme. You just have to not understand what the word means at all to think that a play on words is happening here.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Word play. Play doesn't always have super strict rules 🙄

[–] JamesStallion@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

For a man in a an incredibly stylish yellow suit you are suprisingly obtuse. Admit that the original poster doesn't understand French and his "word play" is stupid or I will throw coffee on your jacket and you will never get the stain out.

[–] iii@mander.xyz 0 points 3 days ago

Maybe. I do read a lot. I'm so happy for my local library. I just don't like platitudes.