The author mentions the similarity between the name InOui and "ennui" (boredom), but seem to ignore that "inouï" is an actual word that means unprecedented/incredible/unheard-of.
Another point missed by the article is that in French "ennui" usually doesn't have the philosophical undertones that it has in English. Outside of a philosophical context, in French "ennui" (as a feeling) just means "boredom" and that's it. In everyday French you also use "ennui" to mean an annoyance or trouble, i.e., "avoir des ennuis" means "run into trouble", or "l'ennui c'est que ..." means "the problem is that..."
Yeah, I was confused when I tried to understand the connection they were trying to make.
> Another point missed by the article is that in French "ennui" usually doesn't have the philosophical undertones that it has in English.
Fatty liver is a disease, foie gras is a delicacy. ;- )
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For non-francophones, the correct pronunciation is roughly "Koo day grass" and we were saying "Koo day grah"
Same as “datums” is correct in some contexts.
no it ain't, it's extremely out-of-mode
unless being right is more important than communicating effectively
(I'm not French, but I speak the language well enough to feel confident making assertions like this about what things sound like to French people).