On 11/20/12 3:19 PM, Mark Andrews wrote: > In message <50abc681.5040...@rollernet.us>, Seth Mattinen writes: >> On 11/19/12 9:16 AM, Jamie Bowden wrote: >>> Actually, this is kind of an interesting aside. Last time I checked, Canad >> a counts as North America and large parts of Quebec are inhabited by folks wh >> o don't speak much, if any, English. Having said that, I can't recall having >> seen any Quebecois posting in French here, but I find it hard to believe tho >> se folks don't have use for a list like this. >>> >> >> >> Quebecois French and French aren't exactly the same. My dad once had to >> order "le pancakes" for breakfast because the waitress didn't understand >> "le crepes". > > Well pancakes are not crepes. Different receipe, different appearance, > different texture, similar taste. > > If you ask for something that is not on the menu .... >
No, this was the Quebecois waitress not understanding the French word, not semantics. It's probably illegal to print the word "pancake" in Quebec anyway. ~Seth
