XPost: alt.usage.english
From: HenHanna@devnull.tb
On 8/3/2024 1:48 PM, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> On 2024-08-03, charles wrote:
>
>> The musical instrument known in English as a "bassoon" is known as "fagot"
>> in French and "faggot" in German. That is based on "bundle of rods".
>
> The German term is "Fagott".
>
> The NATO reporting name for the MiG-15 is "Fagot". As far as I can
> tell, all of those reporting names are taken from the wider English
> lexicon. It's not clear to me whether this one is a variant of
> "faggot" (bundle of sticks or pieces of iron) or of "fagotto"
> (bassoon), which are two options offered by Wiktionary.
>
Some authors in Japan use the term [ファッショ] fascio
it tends to be High-brow or Academic.
Maybe they do this to show off their knowledge of
Italian poli-sci-philosopher.... e.g. Gramsci
ファッショ とはどういう意味ですか？
ファッシ（イタリア語: fasci：複数形
およびファッショ（イタリア語:
fascio：
数形）は、イタリア語で「束
や、比喩的に「集団、連帯
を意味し、転じて19世紀末に多数の異なった（
してしばしば相互に対立する）方向性を持った
治集団を指す語として
われた。
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