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netsharc01/15/20262 repliesview on HN

> bag ends

Never seen "cul de sac" in English before...


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ecshafer01/15/2026

I knew cul de sac was french for bag end, or end of sack or whatever the translation was. One time reading lord of the rings after learning Tolkien explicitly avoided french loan words, I realized Bilbo living at Bag End is kind of a joke. Its just saying Bilbo lives in the cul de sac.

SoftTalker01/15/2026

Never heard "bag end" myself.