FREN 3051 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Puff Pastry, Blaise Pascal, C. S. Lewis
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Mon petit chouchou this is often translated as my little cabbage but can also refer to a kind of cream puff pastry. It describes someone who"s very dear to you. The french like to repeat syllables to make cuter-sounding words, so mon petit chou also becomes mon petit chouchou. These carry slightly different connotations, with chou being sweetheart and chouchou more like darling. This isn"t necessarily romantic and can apply to children as well as partners. It"s thought that it originated when fleas were a daily issue for people and those that they were closest to would pick them off: ma bichette this one is sweet, but watch out: it only applies to girls! It translates to my small doe, and is particularly used for younger women: mon mignon this translates to my little one. it comes from the old french word mignot which meant dainty.
