Re: Intergermansk - Pizza packaging text :D
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, February 3, 2005, 9:42 |
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Stephen Mulraney wrote:
> How many of the native English speakers reading this would think
> the following conversation plausible?
>
> A: 250g of champignons, please.
> B: There you go; that'll be...
>
> or
>
> A: Do you have any mushrooms?
> B: What kind are you looking for?
> A: Champignons
> B: Sorry, all out of them...
Only the latter, and probably only at epicurean markets. I mean,
we already have a word for it...
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