Illustration of Japanese companies using vaguely European sounding words to make their product look fancier.
this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2026
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Langue can also be interpreted as "language" (English has the same double meaning for "tongue"), but yes, you're right; in this case it does refer to actual cat tongues because langues de chat are usually shaped somewhat like actual cat tongues, rather than squared off like we see here. I just thought the idea of a cat language cookie would be kinda funny