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[franceslievens]

• Thu, 23:02: Theory: French endearments are animals, where in English people tend to use food. E.g. lapin vs pumpkin.

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[sister-luck.livejournal.com]

In German we say that when the relationship progresses the animals that we use as names for each other keep getting bigger: from Maus to Kamel, from Bärchen to Ochse.. with the bigger animals of course not being terms of endearment but rather of annoyance!
In general: not a lot of food nicknames in German.

[frances-lievens.livejournal.com]

There are a lot of endearments in Flemish that have a sexual connotation as well...