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On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 3:47 PM, John Gilmore <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
