Tsundoku (japanisch 積ん読, deutsch „aufstapeln“ und „lesen“[1]) umschreibt, dass man Lektüre erwirbt, welche sich dann aber zu Hause stapelt, ohne gelesen zu werden.

Le tsundoku (積ん読), ou « syndrome de la pile à lire », est le fait d’accumuler, sous forme de piles, des livres qui ne sont jamais lus.

----------- is there an element of wordplay in this??? « syndrome de la pile à lire »

So i guess, in French, you put Le in front of everything
like La salade, Le fractal, Le blowjob ....................

and that's why French guys say: [ I love the salad.]

Ar an séú lá déag de mí Bealtaine, scríobh henhanna@gmail.com:

> [...] ----------- is there an element of wordplay in this??? « syndrome de
> la pile à lire »
>
>
> So i guess, in French, you put Le in front of everything
> like La salade, Le fractal, Le blowjob ...................
>
>
> and that's why French guys say: [ I love the salad.]

No, it’s just slightly different contexts where the article is (felt to be)
needed, compared to English. See a current parallel thread on Chilean Spanish.

My Irish is poor and I finally have some consistent free time; I received a
Duolingo subscription as a Christmas present, and one of the agreeable things
about learning Irish as an English speaker is that the rules for where the
definite article is needed are basically that of English. Not the case at all
for other languages with articles.

--
‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’
(C. Moore)

> Ar an séú lá déag de mí Bealtaine, scríobh henhanna:

Bealtaine == May

Bealtaine is one of the four major Irish Celtic annual festivals along
with Samhain, Imbolc and Lughnasa. It signifies the return of the light
and widely observed throughout Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man,
while May Day celebrations occur throughout Europe.

---------- this reminds me of the [Wicker Man] movie
starring Nickolas Cage

and the one in Switzerland and Booog

The Böögg is the main protagonist at Zurich's Sechseläuten spring
festival. And there is more to this snowman figure than first meets the eye.

On 2/26/2024 12:39 AM, Aidan Kehoe wrote:
>
> Ar an séú lá déag de mí Bealtaine, scríobh henhanna:
>
> > [...] ----------- is there an element of wordplay in this??? « syndrome de
> > la pile à lire »
> >
> >
> > So i guess, in French, you put Le in front of everything
> > like La salade, Le fractal, Le blowjob ..............
> >
> >
> > and that's why French guys say: [ I love the salad.]
>

> No, it’s just slightly different contexts where the article is (felt to be)
> needed, compared to English. See a current parallel thread on Chilean Spanish.
>
> My Irish is poor and I finally have some consistent free time; I received a
> Duolingo subscription as a Christmas present, and one of the agreeable things
> about learning Irish as an English speaker is that the rules for where the
> definite article is needed are basically that of English. Not the case at all
> for other languages with articles.
>

huh.... NEver heard of that about Irish (and English).

i studied Irish using the 3-CD set from ....... which was quite good.