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

Sally opines:

>God forbid that we should disapprove of
>Belgium and have to change the name of Brussels sprouts to... "little
>cabbages"!  ;-)  Which is what I think they call them over there.  Maybe
>they don't... I don't know.  Choux de Bruxelles?
Yep. "Choux de Bruxelles" is the way I learned it. But that's French
French. I don't know if there's a variant en Belgique.

As for the hackneyed idea for English speakers that the French term
of endearment is "my little cabbage", "mon petit chou" is short for
"chou à la crème", "cream puff", which makes a little more sense.
Then again, "ma puce", "my flea", is a terme affectueux, so go figger.

As for "Freedom fries" et al. This, too, shall pass. So let's all go
out to dinner, freedom treat.

Kou

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