One eats one's chien chaud with patates frites (as opposed to pommes de terre frites).
Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Pierre Abbat >Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 20:49 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:34645] Re: OT: hot dog > > >On Sunday 25 September 2005 18:34, Carleton MacDonald wrote: >> Two more I've seen. The first is French and the second is Quebec. >> >> Coke Light = Coke Diète >> Hot dog = chien chaud > >Hot dogs were originally called dachshund sausages, but someone >didn't know >how to spell "dachshund" and just called it a dog. "Chien chaud" >sounds very >silly. > >phma >
