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La Rance et les Rançais

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[–] Skunk@jlai.lu 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I believe the word croissant is referring to the form, it looks like un croissant de lune 🌙 (moon crescent).

As long as you don’t say chocolatine you can call the croissant increasing all you want!

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That makes much more sense! I'm not that good at french and just learned that word from you lol.

I've never heard them called that so no worries that I'll start!

[–] Skunk@jlai.lu 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Chocolatine is a way to say pain au chocolat in southwestern France. Not croissant.

It’s kind of a French private joke, and an eternal war in the country.

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If there's one thing that unites all European cultures it's poking fun at one another within a country for local language variations.

That said, chocolatine sounds like a biscuit. But then pain au chocolat is also what they're called outside France.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

But pain au chocolat could describe any type of chocolate bread, like a babka, but chocolatine is a name specific to one type of pastry.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago
[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Nah, pain au chocolat is specific. Others are called Schokobrot. Hope that helps.

[–] Skunk@jlai.lu 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You heard that @inlandempire@jlai.lu? Pain au chocolat is the normal way, the only good way.

(War started, you’re welcome)

[–] inlandempire@jlai.lu 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not croissant

I think it is called décroissant.

[–] Lampadaire_raclette@jlai.lu 2 points 1 month ago

Des croissants

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Croissant de lune is only half correct in the first place. If it looks like the emoji you picked, it is a "baby moon" and growing ("waxing") towards full, but if it's oriented like C 🌜 it's an "old moon" that's "waning" or decreasing.

I don't mean YOU aren't correct, just that the term is scientifically sloppy.