From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Dec 25 12:45:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA02850 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 25 Dec 1998 12:45:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-20.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA02841 for ; Fri, 25 Dec 1998 12:45:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.10 #2) id 0zte6O-0002Uq-00; Fri, 25 Dec 1998 20:44:53 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from beavis.uk.radan.com (beavis [193.114.228.122]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id UAA01996; Fri, 25 Dec 1998 20:44:17 GMT Received: from uk.radan.com (rasnt-1) by beavis.uk.radan.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA04439; Fri, 25 Dec 98 20:44:13 GMT Message-Id: <3683F851.C3334AFC@uk.radan.com> Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 20:40:49 +0000 From: Mark Ovens X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en-GB Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Sue Blake Cc: Brett Glass , Mike Smith , Greg Lehey , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Regulated names (was: Crazy Laws) References: <4.1.19981224174155.03dd8670@127.0.0.1> <368378AB.969463E2@uk.radan.com> <4.1.19981225064918.05738f10@127.0.0.1> <19981226021926.65101@welearn.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Sue Blake wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 25, 1998 at 06:51:30AM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > > At 11:36 AM 12/25/98 +0000, Mark Ovens wrote: > > > > >Now what's the French for French Fries..... > > > > Ironically, the German for them is "Pommes Frites." > > In other words, the Germans say "French fried > > potatoes" by saying "fried potatoes" in French. > > > > Go figure. > > Bugger that. We just call them by their right name: chips. > Quite correct, but it confuses the hell out of Americans - they think you mean crisps ;-) > "French fries" always sounded to me like something intimate, fried. > The mind boggles. > -- > > Regards, > -*Sue*- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message -- Trust the computer industry to shorten Year 2000 to Y2K. It was this thinking that caused the problem in the first place. Mark Ovens, CNC Applications Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd Sheet Metal CAD/CAM Solutions mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message