The local Mexican-Americans here in Orange County call them 'salchichas'. m moon
------ Original Message ------ Received: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 01:36:22 PM PDT From: Jon Saxton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:34663] Re: OT: hot dog Pierre Abbat wrote: >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 > > Perhaps, but no more so than "perro caliente" that I heard in Costa Rica.
