Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 20:44:32 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Regulated names (was: Crazy Laws) Message-ID: <3683F930.DA71571B@uk.radan.com> References: <Your message of "Thu, 24 Dec 1998 11:23:28 MST." <4.1.19981224112052.05a31740@127.0.0.1> <4.1.19981224174155.03dd8670@127.0.0.1> <4.1.19981225064918.05738f10@127.0.0.1>
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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. > Hmm, I think I'll just stick to "chips" (with a nice piece of battered cod and loads of salt & vinegar, all wrapped up in yesterdays Daily Express, mmmmm...) > --Brett > > 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
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