Re: OT: Worcestershire sauce
| From: | Tristan McLeay <zsau@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, October 6, 2003, 10:34 |
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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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