Thank you for the personal welcome, etaoin.

I only learned of the dandelion under the chin when I moved to Canada. No one wanted to touch a yellow dandelion in Australia, unless it was a gardener with a weeding implement. Dandelion clocks were okay, though.

I would have thought that Canadians would have this ptb association because of the French. How did it get to Australia?

I am still curious about how the French and English names diverged, and will stay with my theory about the Norman invasion until I learn otherwise.