"United States" in French (États-Unis) would have made a very confusing acronym

https://lemmy.world/post/37578315

"United States" in French (États-Unis) would have made a very confusing acronym - Lemmy.World

Lemmy

So “Etats” is “State”… just written backwards?
Ah alors tu as découvert comment est-ce que le français fonctionne. Désolé pas désolé

ah so you have discovered in your comment how french functions.

what’s Desole?

It’s when you remove the bottom of a shoe.
ok i stepped onto that one myself.