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[-] iii@mander.xyz 59 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Melange means mix or blend. Melanger is the verb, meaning mixing.

[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Just like masala.

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago

Ah oooh. Didn't see that before.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

Which is ironic given the very much in your face apology to eugenics.

[-] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 1 month ago

Paul, Chani and Princess Irulan are a melange-et-tois

[-] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 month ago

mélange à trois

[-] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 month ago

I love it when you talk Harkonnen

[-] synae 13 points 1 month ago

Nah Irulan is sitting in the corner on the cuck chairdog

[-] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Omg what is up with the chairdogs

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

What’s chairdog?

Not much. What’s up with you?

[-] drake 3 points 1 month ago

What’s chair with you?

[-] CptEnder@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I did not have a chairdog pun on my bingo card this week

[-] tilefan@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago

what do you mean nobody talks about it? they call it "the spice melange" all the time so even if you have no concept of French you know that it's being called a spice.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

But without knowledge of French how would you know it's "variety"?

[-] drake 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

With knowledge of French, I know it’s not variety. I do not mean to shock everyone, but this meme is not correct.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Sometimes I put pepper on my freedom fries, when I’m feeling adventurous.

[-] tilefan@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago

Caucasian pepper, BIPOC, or one of those desegregated peppers?

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

The ones that come in the packet at McDonalds.

[-] tilefan@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

that shit is the best.

[-] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago

Why does no one talk about this?

Idk, because it's not that interesting

[-] capital@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

omelette du fromage

[-] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

A spice mix is the life.

[-] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

I think about it all the time, actually

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 1 month ago

Maybe because it's too obvious?

[+] Lyre@lemmy.ca -12 points 1 month ago

Dune "cycle"? Is that what people are calling it? Like its an impactful series sure but has Herbert really reached the level of Homer?

Or is there some other reason?

[-] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 month ago

Maybe OP is francophone, in French almost any series of books is called a cycle.

[-] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

Yeah, gate keeping arbitrary terms for a set of books like some are somehow higher quality than others is weird lol.

[-] Sidhean@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

The Inheritance Cycle uses the same word, and I don't think that has anything to do with "impactfulness." What, to you, does it mean for books to be part of a Cycle? I thought it was another word for "series" tbh

[-] Lyre@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

I looked it up, a cycle refers to disconnected body of works that cover the same event such as the siege of Troy. A series refers to a linear body of works that cover different events, such as Dune and most other modern books.

So ya everyone downvoting me is straight up wrong. The op was wrong, and also I was wrong. Go figure.

[-] Sidhean@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

~~A literary cycle is a group of stories focused on common figures, often (though not necessarily) based on mythical figures or loosely on historical ones.~~

~~From Wikipedia. Generally, a quick search agrees with everyting except "disconnected" which I cant find anywhere as a requirement~~

Actually this was wildly dickish of me. Thank you for sharing what you found. Those are pretty cool definitions, even if they differ from how I'd use the words

[-] Lyre@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Hey no worries dude, thanks for considering how I'd feel.

If it matters, i wasn't trying to be rude on my original comment either. I was genuinely asking the question. Its tough to convey tone online...

[-] CptEnder@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I dunno some of the later books are pretty fuckin disconnected lmao. And if the event is "the rise of House Atriedes and the birth of The God Emperor" then yeah it could be a cycle. But yeah I guess series is more accurate.

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