Did the Australian contingent order 'blue' or "bleu' steaks? The locution 'bleu' for what Americans call 'rare' is standard French, but used by pommies and, it would seem, Australians, too. Italians say 'al sangue' , loosely 'bloody'; and, my favorite, Persians say 'napochte', not cooked.
Locutions like these are almost never portable. They need to be learned on the ground. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
