Languages (was Re: [Sca-cooks] globetrotting)

Gorgeous Muiredach muiredach at bmee.net
Tue May 21 09:16:41 PDT 2002


>Actually, French isn't that far off. In French, an
>apple is a "pomme", and a potato is a "pomme du terre"
>an "apple of the earth".

To be picky, it's pomme de terre :-)

But then, in French Canadian, it's not a pomme de terre, it's "patate".  <grin>

Gorgeous Muiredach
Rokkehealden Shire
Kingdom of the Middle
aka
Nicolas Steenhout
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