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Topic: Sink or swim?
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Amanda
Member Posts: 14
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 07 August 2001 13:56
  
At school, a good friend once wrote an essay in French with copious help from her trusty dictionary and came up with the sentence:
"je ne vais jamais à la piscine parce que j'ai peur d'évier".For those none French speakers, "évier" means sink (n.), but does look suspiciously like a verb with its "-er" ending!! And what do you think these are (seen on various French menus): - believed fish
- chief's sheep
- raped carrots
- flat eggs
??? In French:
- poisson cru (raw fish)
- agneau du chef (chef's lamb)
- carottes rapées (grated carrots)
- oeufs sur le plat (fried eggs) I get as much amusement from the menu translations as I do from the food usually!
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IP: 213.44.163.18 |
slug
Senior Member Posts: 36
Registered: Jun 2001
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posted 19 November 2001 10:32
'slices of fawn' on a menu in Budapest ruined my appetite... I mean, go ahead and offer me Bambi's head on a platter why don't you!IP: 213.68.199.145 |
Martin Louis
Member Posts: 16
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 15 January 2002 18:31
Tart of the day on spanish menu's leaves diner's perplexed and sometimes disappointed when the waiter brings them gateauIP: 212.89.26.7 |
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