Transcript:
Frazz: "Dandelion" comes from the french "dente de lion" or "lion's tooth." Isn't that interesting?
Caulfield: It is not.
Frazz: Just picture all those weeds, lions and french people in the same place at once.
Caulfield: Though I admire your effort.
smetlavich almost 12 years ago
They don’t make great actors like Cagney anymore.
Milessio almost 12 years ago
Renewed effort by Frazz tomorrow, when he explains why its french name is pisenlit!
Dave459 almost 12 years ago
Oddly enough, that’s not what the french call them . . .
Ned Snipes almost 12 years ago
Actually it should be Dent-de-lion not ‘Dente’, I guess we can forgive Jeff for the error.
archipelago Premium Member almost 12 years ago
I think it is very interesting!
Cathy38c almost 12 years ago
Yep!
prrdh almost 12 years ago
Just picture them all together in the old Gaulish village of Taraxacum.
twj0729 almost 12 years ago
I like the French, although they can be a pain in the bu-tox!
Varnes almost 12 years ago
What not to like about French chicks? The guys look like weasels, though….
Varnes almost 12 years ago
What would be so funny about the weeds lions and French in one place? I don’t get it…
rshive almost 12 years ago
I once had lions on my lawn. Dandy lions.
JR6019 almost 12 years ago
I was wondering how they got tooth of the lion out of it. You’re explanation would make more sense. But odd things happen in word origins. And I find it interesting enough to make a comment about them.
Varnes almost 12 years ago
bigpuma, I googled her….Ooo la la! Mercey
hippogriff almost 12 years ago
The petals have the shape of a feline’s canines (to let another worm out of the can).
cipactli77 almost 12 years ago
Prince or pauper, beggar man or thingPlay the game with ev’ry flow’r you bringDandelion don’t tell no liesDandelion will make you wiseTell me if she laughs or criesBlow away dandelion
Snoopy_Fan almost 12 years ago
Oui’d
(Get it? “oui’d” = “weed”…) :-)
hippogriff almost 12 years ago
big puma: They will be released, when appropriate, throughout the foreseeable future. :-)
Yukoneric almost 12 years ago
The d#%%$@ things were brought over for FOOOOOD. Silly Europeans………
Theseus2 about 3 years ago
In Germany we call it Löwenzahn, which is similar to the french version. Seems to be a European thing.^^