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Re: OT: Worcestershire sauce

From:Tristan McLeay <zsau@...>
Date:Monday, October 6, 2003, 10:34
On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Christophe Grandsire wrote:

> En réponse à Tristan McLeay : > > > >'Filet', being a French word, would be pronounced in a less nativised way. > >'Fillet', being an English word, would probably be pronounced in a > >nativised way. > > But we were talking about the word "filet" only.
Actually, we've been talking about 'fillet', e.g. the McDonalds burger Fillet-o-Fish.
> What does "fillet" mean anyway?
The definitions in question (and the only ones I know or would use) are: a. A strip or compact piece of boneless meat or fish, especially the beef tenderloin. b. A boneless strip of meat rolled and tied, as for roasting. (from <http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=fillet>). It says you can spell it 'filet' too, but I imagine that's either specifically American or it's referring to it in things like 'filet mignon'. -- Tristan <kesuari@...> Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement. -- Snoopy

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