Fun_People Archive
27 Mar
Frenglish

Date: Mon, 27 Mar 95 21:32:33 PST
From: Peter Langston <psl>
To: Fun_People
Subject: Frenglish

From: Neil Gershenfeld <neilg@media.mit.edu>

A recent ad in a Boston newspaper reminded me of bokays:

   The Black Goose
   21 Beacon Street
   Sunday Four Course Prefix Brunch
   $8.95

which in turn reminded me of the exclamation on a poster in the Draper Labs
cafeteria proclaiming a special meal:

   Wallah

(that one took me a while).

These mistakes happen in both directions: I once saw a menu in Paris proudly
offering:

   Pri Merib

© 1995 Peter Langston