As a side note here, Fanta was derived from the German word „Fantasie“. I don’t think it needs translating.
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Ethanol@pawb.social 6 months ago
According to wiktionary infant comes from the Latin word infans, meaning “unable to speak”. The term fans means “to speak”.
Not sure if your Fanta can speak though :P
Gilles_D@feddit.de 6 months ago
lugal@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
Side note on the side note: Fanta was invented in nazi Germany because they couldn’t import all the ingredients for Cola
z500@startrek.website 6 months ago
🇬🇧 fantasy
🇮🇹 fantasia
🇫🇷 fantaisie
🇨🇿 fantazie
🇸🇰 fantazia
🇷🇺 фантазия 🇩🇪 FANTASIEGilles_D@feddit.de 6 months ago
q.e.d.
idunnololz@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Ah yes, a reference to the thousand year dream /s
LolaCat@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
So it wouldn’t be technically wrong to refer to mute people as infants right? /s
SgtAStrawberry@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Probably falls into the same or similar category as calling them dumb, ones open a time an acceptable word to call them, but not really today. You know unless you are looking to insult them for being mute.
hydrospanner@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Right. The term that would probably fit the context would be “infantile”, which again has negative connotations.
English has a long history of descriptors of intellectual deficiencies becoming contemporary insults then terms to be avoided because of that insensitive use, then the use continuing until everyone’s kinda desensitized to it but now it can’t be used in the original context.
See also: idiot, imbecile, moron, etc.
Currently going through that process: “retarded”.
squaresinger@feddit.de 6 months ago
Happens in most languages.
Also, many languages have a link between deafness and lacking intelligence, e.g. dumb meaning “not able to speak” and “not intelligent”.
In general, being sensitive to people with disabilities (both physical and mental) is a rather young concept, hence anything that would make someone not be able to be part of society is often also an insult.
That’s also why e.g. terms linked deafness/muteness are often an insult to someone’s intelligence, while e.g. terms linked to blindness are not. Blind people might be unable to perform some things seeing people are able to, but blindness doesn’t necessarily limit someone’s ability to be part of a society unaccomodating to people with disabilities.
6daemonbag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Which is why we have “infantry.” Soldiers who don’t speak and follow orders