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Re: Country names

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Thursday, May 15, 2003, 13:34
Christophe Grandsire scripsit:

> [A]s for frogs, I like to tell the > story that the first time I ever ate frog legs was in an Italian restaurant > in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. In other words: we don't eat that many frog > legs, and you certainly cannot find them in a supermarket :)) (unlike > snails :)) ).
AFAIU, anurophagy spread from Paris to the rest of France only after the Revolution. -- MEET US AT POINT ORANGE AT MIDNIGHT BRING YOUR DUCK OR PREPARE TO FACE WUGGUMS John Cowan http://www.reutershealth.com jcowan@reutershealth.com