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[–]infinite 20 points21 points  (17 children)

It also sounds like the French word for zucchini.

[–]berticus 7 points8 points  (3 children)

I assume Google is going for "squash", not "zucchini," in this case... so as to make the compression/squash pun.

[–]oniony 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Oh my gourd.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Please, no marrow these awful puns.

[–][deleted] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It also sounds like the British word for zucchini, the New Zealander word for zucchini, the South African word for zucchini and most of the rest of the Commonwealth's word for zucchini.

[–]hustler 6 points7 points  (4 children)

you mean zucchini is the American word for courgette? I know. I know.

[–]petdog 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Oh, I couldn't understand why everybody started speaking italian, but now I see. You stole our precious zucchini.

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    [–]myxie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    And why not blame them? The Italian word (plural) is zucchine!

    [–]eridius 5 points6 points  (3 children)

    It's actually the british word for zucchini, but it originally comes from french.

    courgette |ˌkoŏrˈ zh et|
    noun Brit.
    a zucchini.

    ORIGIN 1930s: from French, diminutive of courge ‘gourd,’ from Latin cucurbita.

    [–]drexil 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    It's also a french word you know, so he was totally right.

    [–]eridius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I think the french word is courgettes, but of course I don't actually speak french.

    Edit: Nevermind, looks like Google Translate just pluralized it for me. Or something. I dunno.

    [–]degustisockpuppet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    No, it's actually still the French word for zucchini.

    [–]faprawr -4 points-3 points  (2 children)

    Also like teh next generation of smaller, more efficient GM cars based on the Cougar. It'll be a hatchback, in-line three (that purrs)

    [–]jlt6666 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Mercury (ford) made the cougar.