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Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:27:18 -0800 From: Seth Mattinen <sethm@rollernet.us> To: nanog@nanog.org In-Reply-To: <20121120231936.1D6692B70C8A@drugs.dv.isc.org> Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org On 11/20/12 3:19 PM, Mark Andrews wrote: > In message <50ABC681.5040703@rollernet.us>, Seth Mattinen writes: >> On 11/19/12 9:16 AM, Jamie Bowden wrote: >>> Actually, this is kind of an interesting aside. Last time I checked, Canad >> a counts as North America and large parts of Quebec are inhabited by folks wh >> o don't speak much, if any, English. Having said that, I can't recall having >> seen any Quebecois posting in French here, but I find it hard to believe tho >> se folks don't have use for a list like this. >>> >> >> >> Quebecois French and French aren't exactly the same. My dad once had to >> order "le pancakes" for breakfast because the waitress didn't understand >> "le crepes". > > Well pancakes are not crepes. Different receipe, different appearance, > different texture, similar taste. > > If you ask for something that is not on the menu .... > No, this was the Quebecois waitress not understanding the French word, not semantics. It's probably illegal to print the word "pancake" in Quebec anyway. ~Seth
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