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Re: OT: Mildy OT: "Freedom kiss"?

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Thursday, March 13, 2003, 12:43
Christophe Grandsire scripsit:

> LOL. I got it :)) . I complain enough here that what they sell as "Franse > Mosterd" (although if the Dutch had to follow the American example it would > become "Vrijheid Mosterd" ;))) ) has nothing to do with true Fr... mustard ;)) .
In this case, the reference is not to "French mustard" but to "French's Mustard", a brand name presumably derived from the surname "French". See http://www.frenchsmustard.com. I don't eat mustard, so I don't know if it's any good or not. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all. There are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful. --_The Hobbit_

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