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Ikea furniture names are so crazy 🤣 Like what the hell is an armoire

Screenshot of a bluesky skeet by Benny Feldman @feldfrog.bsky.social

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[–] volore@scribe.disroot.org 29 points 3 months ago (1 children)

As is usually the case, blame can be laid squarely at the feet of the French.

[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

not our fault you can’t be arsed to change the name lol

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Okay fair but it is your fault for speaking a Romance language and still just doing whatever the fuck you wanted with the alphabet.

[–] Tiresia@slrpnk.net 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Though through thorough thought you'd realize you don't have a leg to stand on.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

YOU FOOL, YOU ACTIVATED MY TRAP CARD

English is not a Romance language so of course cludging the Latin alphabet on to it is a compromise! And half of those are the fault of, you guessed it, Frenchies!

[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

It's a latin word for armarĭum, a place were artifacts and weapons (armas) are stored

[–] Aeri@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I can't explain why but I really hate old people furniture names. Hearing the word credenza makes me twitch like a CIA sleeper agent being activated.

[–] DrFunkenstein@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago

I totally get this, that one family guy scene where Brian doesn't know what a Davenport was (same). I always thought a credenza was like a patio, didn't even realize it was furniture.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

It's a place to store your suits ...of armor