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Fart-
Ography: How the World Says Fart

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The Fartographic Method

Fartography is silly.

The research isn’t.

Languages are messy. Words change between countries, cities, generations and families. A textbook translation may be technically correct while sounding completely ridiculous to a native speaker.

So we don’t just ask, “What is the translation of fart?”

We ask:

What do people actually say?

Where possible, Fartography checks words and expressions with native speakers, dictionaries and linguistic sources, records regional differences, and distinguishes between formal language, slang, children’s words and expressions.

If we get something wrong, please tell us.

Fartography is, like language itself, a work in progress.

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pet
Stop 66
Canada
Québécois French
pet
/peh/
IPA /pɛt/
😏 Same word, different energy
Translation
Same as France, very differently deployed. Quebec also has gaz (informal) and venter (euphemistic).
In a Sentence
C'est qui qui a pété?
"Who farted?" (distinctly Québécois phrasing)
💨 What people actually say
Péter or the very Québécois 'y'a pété.'
👶 The kid word
prout, imported straight from France.
🤬 The rude version
péter au frette — 'to fart in the cold,' meaning to die or to break down.
🎩 The polite version
des gaz.
🗺️ Regional variations
Québec runs péter through everything: péter une coche (lose your temper), péter de la broue (brag), péter les plombs (blow a fuse).
📖 Literally speaking
péter de la broue = 'to fart foam,' meaning to show off.
🧐 Fartology
Québécois preserved older French verbs France dropped, then invented an entire second layer of idiom on top.
⚠️ Use with caution
Most of these are informal. Delightful in Montréal, baffling in Paris.
Cultural Note
Québécois French evolved in near-isolation from France for over 200 years. The Québécois approach to bodily functions is considerably more direct than Parisian French, and considerably funnier.
Same word as France, completely different energy. France is unbothered; Quebec is delighted.