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Chiot

By mistake I included the word 'chiot' in an email to a friend believing that it was an affectionate word like 'puppy' would be in English.

I now know it is not. But it was taken in fun.

Can anyone tell me what is rude about it. Or how it might be viewed as rude.

Thank you,

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Permalink Reply by Frank on September 14, 2009 at 10:02pm: Hi Gavin,

A "chiot" is indeed the word for a puppy.

But we would only call an animal a "chiot", not a person.

You can call it a "poulet" (chicken, but it doesn't mean that he's a coward person, just a young man), though.; ▶ Reply to This

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