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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
...and ask for a Manila envelope, do you just get a plain envelope?
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
Bill Hallahan Inner circle New Hampshire 3226 Posts |
If you ask for French toast in France, do you just get toast?
Humans make life so interesting. Do you know that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to create boredom. Quite astonishing.
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
What about Canadian bacon? Do you get crispy, thin sliced bacon when you order "Canadian bacon" on your pizza?
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rossmacrae Inner circle Arlington, Virginia 2477 Posts |
How about if I pay a girl in a Paris drinking establishment $50 for a "French ... no, I'd better not finish that.
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Nosher Loyal user 261 Posts |
The English say "to take French leave", the French "filer à l'anglaise"
The English say "french letter", the French say "capote anglaise". The English say "full English breakfast", the French say "quelle horreur" Are there any Canadian / American crossovers like that?
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MagicSanta Inner circle Northern Nevada 5841 Posts |
Yes, Americans say "Oh look, isn't that a beautiful baby seal?" the Canadians say "beat that lil' seal before it gets away!".
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Steve_Mollett Inner circle Eh, so I've made 3006 Posts |
When French Fries became 'Freedom Fries' and French Toast became 'Freedom Toast', did the French people become 'Freedom People' and France, 'Freedonia?'
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
I was eating a pastry at our local Mall, when a woman walked up to me, and said "what do you call that pastry that you are eating in America" I told her that we call it an Elephant ear, she laughed and told me that in France it is known as "the heart of the French men".
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Freak Prodigy Inner circle NYC & LA 1805 Posts |
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On 2010-07-08 19:30, Steve_Mollett wrote: Did that really ever happen, and where? I feel like that's some O'Riley BS.
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MagicSanta Inner circle Northern Nevada 5841 Posts |
The congressional cafateria.....
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Nosher Loyal user 261 Posts |
Bob Ney was one of the Freedom Fries congressmen. I wonder if he rued the name while he was in prison...
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
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On 2010-07-08 19:32, Al Angello wrote: I thought they were "Petites Palmiers"--little palm leaves. John
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
At the bakery:
The "Berliner" is a jelly filled donut. The "Amerikaner" is a small, round, frosted thing that tastes to me like wedding cake. But what Americans call a "Danish" is called a "Plunder". "Französisch" is a sexual act that has nothing to do with kissing and cannot be bought at the bakery, as far as I know. "Spanisch" is also a sexual act, but I'm not sure what it is and I have never bothered to ask anyone. I'd ask my wife, but I'm sure she doesn't know. She doesn't read the same advertisements I do. |
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