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"Which kind of coffee? Espresso, serré, noisette, crème, noir, au lait..." Hi, isn't "cafe au lait" considered off-color these days? -- Hackamore http://www.hackamore.com http://hackamoretravel.blogspot.com |
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Our Tesco has a complete aisle devoted to "World Foods", with sections devoted to several different imported "ethnic" foods, including Polish. I love the perogies. Hi, I think that's happening everywhere to some degree. the local Kroger has an "ethnic" aisle... mainly mexican and asian. some interesting things... like Mexican Coke... US Coke Classic (regular Coke) is made with high fructose corn syrup these days... but "Real Coke" is/was made with regular white sugar (sucrose)... and mexican coke is made with sucrose and tastes slightly different than US "new" Coke Classic. -- Hackamore http://www.hackamore.com http://hackamoretravel.blogspot.com |
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Our Tesco has a complete aisle devoted to "World Foods", with sections
devoted to several different imported "ethnic" foods, including Polish. I love the perogies. I think that's happening everywhere to some degree. the local Kroger has an "ethnic" aisle... mainly mexican and asian. I haven't been into a British Tesco for many years, but I do quite often go into Polish delis, which have sprung up everywhere in the last few years. One thing I don't get: all the food is labelled monolingually in Polish. This is a real problem, as Marion is gluten- and dairy-intolerant, and it seems Polish has about as many words for food ingredients containing these as English does. So I often have to leave things on the shelf as I don't know if they're safe or not. I thought EU food labelling regs required a few translations? ==== j a c k at c a m p i n . m e . u k === http://www.campin.me.uk ==== Jack Campin, 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland == mob 07800 739 557 CD-ROMs and free stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, and Mac logic fonts |
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Jack Campin - bogus address writes:
I haven't been into a British Tesco for many years, but I do quite often go into Polish delis, which have sprung up everywhere in the last few years. One thing I don't get: all the food is labelled monolingually in Polish. This is a real problem, as Marion is gluten- and dairy-intolerant, and it seems Polish has about as many words for food ingredients containing these as English does. So I often have to leave things on the shelf as I don't know if they're safe or not. I thought EU food labelling regs required a few translations? This is why France has a law that says that things must be labeled in French. When foods are imported and the original labels don't say anything in French, distributors are required to attach small stick-on labels that describe what the packages actually contain in French. |
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My guess is that that Le Monde article is misleading, that the chances of encountering an English speaker is below 20%. But at the Hotel Ritz that number would go up to 100% Hi, but one doesn't have to be French to be an english speaking french resident... while in Paris with a friend we were taking a little walk just "around the neighborhood"... Denfert Rochereau, a thoroughly "french" neighborhood... saw a nice lingerie shop and decided to get her some "souvenirs". It was a very traditional shop, we got the Senior and her Junior to assist... mainly because the Junior was a british woman about 24... she assisted and translated. The Senior spoke english... and if she had been the only person there between her english and my french we would have done fine... but at that point 100% of the people in that shop spoke would qualify as "speaking english" but only 50% of the employees were french citizens.... this could be used to bump the numbers either way depending on how you used it. -- == Hackamore == http://www.hackamore.com/ http://hackamoretravel.blogspot.com/ |
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I shall be in Paris in a little more than a week. I, too, am extremely worried about my very meager French language abilities. Hi, generally the french love anyone who makes an effort at speaking french. and being just basically formal/polite. be nice you'll do fine. -- == Hackamore == http://www.hackamore.com/ http://hackamoretravel.blogspot.com/ |
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Hackamore wrote:
some interesting things... like Mexican Coke... US Coke Classic (regular Coke) is made with high fructose corn syrup these days... but "Real Coke" is/was made with regular white sugar (sucrose)... and mexican coke is made with sucrose and tastes slightly different than US "new" Coke Classic. Only tasted Coca-Cola once in my life. I'm still amazed that anybody drinks the disgusting liquid. |
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Hackamore wrote:
Our Tesco has a complete aisle devoted to "World Foods", with sections devoted to several different imported "ethnic" foods, including Polish. I love the perogies. Hi, I think that's happening everywhere to some degree. the local Kroger has an "ethnic" aisle... mainly mexican and asian. I don't bother with the "ethnic" aisle of the mainstream supermarket. I'll go to the Mexican or Asian or Indian or Russian etc. grocery instead. (Yes, I know India is in Asla.) some interesting things... like Mexican Coke... US Coke Classic (regular Coke) is made with high fructose corn syrup these days... but "Real Coke" is/was made with regular white sugar (sucrose)... and mexican coke is made with sucrose and tastes slightly different than US "new" Coke Classic. Canadian Coke is also made with real sugar, which is convenient for those of use who live relatively close to the Canadian border. === Steve Shoreline, Washington USA 5 Oct 2007, 1049 PDT |
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Hackamore wrote: I shall be in Paris in a little more than a week. I, too, am extremely worried about my very meager French language abilities. Hi, generally the french love anyone who makes an effort at speaking french. and being just basically formal/polite. be nice you'll do fine. That certainly has been MY experience, during several visits to Paris! I was particularly impressed by the clerk in a camera shop whom I consulted because the film in my camera was not advancing as it should. She spoke little English, but in response to my "le film ne s'avance pas" took the camera into the back room, determined that the problem was simply that I needed a new battery, and installed same then refused to accept payment! (Of course, I bought some film I didn't really need, but that was my own choice, I was not pressured to make a purchase.) Acknowledging that you're a stranger in their country, and being willing to laugh at your own stupid mistakes, goes a long way in overcoming the "ugly American" stereotype, too. |
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Mike O'Sullivan wrote: Hackamore wrote: some interesting things... like Mexican Coke... US Coke Classic (regular Coke) is made with high fructose corn syrup these days... but "Real Coke" is/was made with regular white sugar (sucrose)... and mexican coke is made with sucrose and tastes slightly different than US "new" Coke Classic. Only tasted Coca-Cola once in my life. I'm still amazed that anybody drinks the disgusting liquid. I'm American, but I agree! (And to think many people here drink the stuff for BREAKFAST!!!!!!!) |
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