Patrick EmamiMay 2, 2023
James Bennett
I saw someone point out today that to a French speaker “ChatGPT” reads like “Cat, I farted” (« Chat, j’ai pété ») and now that is what I am going to think of every time I see it mentioned.
Apr 27, 2023 at 8:52amWeb
Show threadJames BennettApr 28, 2023

You may be interested to know that the same etymology applies to "petard", the thing with which one is famously hoist.

Medieval French people apparently could find no better analogy for the action of early gunpowder bombs than... well, a certain sometimes-explosive bodily function, and so the verb péter (politely, "to break wind") was nouned as pétard, which now is the etymology of several modern languages' terms for small fireworks.

Show threadCoach Pāṇini ®Apr 28, 2023
@ubernostrum This is news you can use.
Show threadDawn Tåke 🌙 May 2, 2023
@ubernostrum
So if one's hoisted by it, they should probably eat less beans.
Show threadApicultor 🐝May 2, 2023
@Tourma @ubernostrum Or more. Take that, Elon! To the moon! 😸🚀
Show threadBen RosengartMay 2, 2023

@ubernostrum Also:

> in 2000 the Houston Chronicle (according to Texas Monthly’s “Bum Steer Awards“) mistranslated into Spanish the inaugural theme of President Bush’s second gubernatorial term, “Together We Can.” Instead of Juntos Podemos,the paper translated the phrase as Juntos Pedemos

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2006/10/bush-s-fart-joke-legacy.html

/cc @janellecshane

Bush's fart-joke legacy.

Bob Woodward reports in his new book, State of Denial, that President Bush loves to swap fart jokes with Karl Rove. Before a morning senior staff...

Slate
Show threadQuincy ⁂Apr 27, 2023
@ubernostrum tiens, c'est vrai ...
Show threadl'empathie mécaniqueApr 27, 2023
@ubernostrum ChatGPT is revenge on the French for Coq
Show threadPatrick Poitras Apr 28, 2023
@ubernostrum Hmmm....
Show threadJany BelluzApr 28, 2023
@ubernostrum someone made this: https://chat-jai-pete.fr/ :)
Chat J'ai Pété - Votre I.A. malpolie

La toute nouvelle I.A. avec effets sonores !!

Chat J'ai Pété
Show threadFeralRobotsApr 28, 2023
@ubernostrum see also "Chevy no va."
Show threadPatrick Johanneson 🚀 🇨🇦May 2, 2023
@FeralRobots @ubernostrum Or don't, because that tale is an urban myth.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chevrolet-nova-name-spanish/
FACT CHECK: Did the Chevrolet Nova Fail to Sell in Spanish-Speaking Countries?

Did the Chevrolet Nova sell poorly in Spanish-speaking countries?

Snopes
Show threaddj2mnApr 29, 2023
@ubernostrum @kcarruthers that is glorious.
Show threadGraham PalmerApr 29, 2023
@ubernostrum Vive le Francais!
Show thread𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚊Apr 29, 2023
😹
Show threadBill, organizer of stuffMay 2, 2023
@ubernostrum This is how we say it in our house.
Show threadMike CohenMay 2, 2023
@ubernostrum @suldrew True 🐈💨
Show threadHikerMay 2, 2023
@ubernostrum Absolutely great this one !
Show threadLevel 98 🇺🇦May 2, 2023
@ubernostrum That's possibly the most accurate description of much of it's output. 😀
Show threadJohn "John Davies" Davies ☑️May 2, 2023
@ubernostrum That's where they got the name from.
"What can we call this AI?"
"Wait a minute, there's a bad smell. My cat's farted!"
"That gives me an idea...."
Show threadPaul Oldham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 💛 🇺🇦May 2, 2023
@ubernostrum years ago there was a company called GEC Plessey Telecommunications who ran into that problem 🤔
Show threadcanusfeminacanisMay 2, 2023
@ubernostrum
😁😆😂🤣☺️
Show threadSarah FackrellMay 2, 2023
@ubernostrum This is the best thing I've ever read about ChatGPT. Merci!
Show threadEli the BeardedMay 2, 2023
@ubernostrum 😾🚶💨
Show thread🩷 Lau 🛼May 2, 2023
@ubernostrum @jonathan
Show threadIron BugMay 2, 2023
@ubernostrum I begin to like French.
Show threadhuman4humanityMay 3, 2023
@ubernostrum love it
Show threadGregg "Cabe" BondMay 4, 2023
@ubernostrum this is the only acceptable use of the soft G in an acronym.
Show threadChristian Berger DECT 2763May 4, 2023
@ubernostrum It's like the Cathod in CRT being Welsh for "cats" (plural of cat)... which kinda sums up it's use.
Show threadSamuel Pavin 🤓May 5, 2023

@ubernostrum well, that's not the worst of names.
As a French person, I am far more worried by the name chosen by Audi for their e-car.
E-tron = 💩

Some marketing person did not do their job right - or considered that France was not big enough of a market. 😅

Show threadzendao42May 6, 2023
@ubernostrum
You're not the only 1, thanks!
Show threadDallman RossMay 6, 2023

@ubernostrum This is great!

Thanks to @elithebearded for mentioning this in another forum.