Gasur
Gasur t1_iu87nrw wrote
Reply to comment by myindependentopinion in TIL that when the French first arrived in North America they met the Ojibwe Indians who introduced them to other tribes but used nasty names. The Lakota/Dakota people were called "Nadowessiwag," which became Nadouessioux in French, then Sioux in English. It means "little snake." by marmorset
If you were translating folles avoine literally, it would be fool's oats rather than crazy oats.
English uses the same concept sometimes. Pyrite is also known as fool's gold for example.
Still not what they should have been calling your tribe of course.
Gasur t1_iux6vjn wrote
Reply to comment by lostsoul2016 in Germany to introduce 49 EUR/month travel ticket for short-and-medium-distance public transportation nationwide by nebendachs
In the west of Germany, there is a string of major cities more or less in a line stretching from north to south. Almost 32 million people live in these cities or their metropolitan areas. I imagine it would be super useful for people living there to only have to pay a modest monthly fee for unlimited usage of all those public transport systems.
I live in the UK, and in London there is a unified public transport service. When I have to go on business trips to other UK cities, there are usually many different bus companies and sometimes if I buy a daily ticket for one bus provider then I can only take their buses. I would love a unified national ticket like this.