Friday, April 30, 2010

When a Canard is Not a Duck.

Canard is the French word for duck.

But a canard is also a misleading fabrication or deliberated falsehood.

The French had a saying, "vendre des canards a moitie," literally, "to half-sell ducks," meaning to fool or cheat.

Regardless of usage, you'll be runnning a fowl/afoul.

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