I tried to explain that "douche" means "shower" in French

Deleted Deleted Member @Deleted Posts: 0 Likes:	I tried to explain that "douche" means "shower" in French Aug 10, 2020 17:43:39 GMT mecano04 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2020 17:43:39 GMT as it does in Russian, to my Asian Russian coworker. Why is this surprising?

moonchild Junior Member Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.~ Buddha @moonchild Posts: 1,862 Likes: 999	I tried to explain that "douche" means "shower" in French Aug 10, 2020 22:51:56 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by moonchild on Aug 10, 2020 22:51:56 GMT Yeah, my dad and I would always say we were going to take a douche
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Why, did someone call him a douche? It means something entirely different in English.

my bf convinced me to list russian words that were borrowed from french and "douche" was one of them that popped into my head.

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I tried to explain that "douche" means "shower" in French Aug 12, 2020 3:36:44 GMT

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Why, did someone call him a douche? It means something entirely different in English.

my bf convinced me to list russian words that were borrowed from french and "douche" was one of them that popped into my head.

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WildManWizard Sophomore @charlesmanon Posts: 175 Likes: 37	I tried to explain that "douche" means "shower" in French Aug 12, 2020 5:56:18 GMT moonchild likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by WildManWizard on Aug 12, 2020 5:56:18 GMT Aug 10, 2020 22:51:56 GMT moonchild said: Yeah, my dad and I would always say we were going to take a douche Bon douche!
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I tried to explain that "douche" means "shower" in French Aug 13, 2020 21:45:31 GMT gameboy likes this

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my bf convinced me to list russian words that were borrowed from french and "douche" was one of them that popped into my head.

I read it somewhere, maybe Dostoevsky, that the Russian upper class before the Revolution were enamored of the French.

I learned French in grades 5-11. I forgot most of it but some of the vocabulary it shared with Russian helped me learn the latter.

A list of a few loanwords: en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Russian/Loanwords#Words_from_French

ellynmacg Junior Member Part-time writer and full-time reader. Bleeding-heart moderate. Former coloratura soprano. @ellynmacg Posts: 2,853 Likes: 1,569	I tried to explain that "douche" means "shower" in French Aug 17, 2020 6:39:35 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ellynmacg on Aug 17, 2020 6:39:35 GMT I love the French phrase meaning "shower cap": bonnet de douche.
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