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Posted By: Zed oops du jour - 11/26/08 07:05 AM
I was handed a flyer for a restaurant advertising 4 choices of
"Plat Du Jour - of the Week"

hmmm
Posted By: The Pook Re: oops du jour - 11/27/08 12:31 AM
Well, technically I suppose you can have the same plate of the day for a week, but it is funny.
Posted By: Faldage Re: oops du jour - 11/27/08 01:26 AM
Or either it means that du jour has come to mean 'special dish not on our regular menu' in English. No reason we have to keep it meaning what it meant in French when we stole it from them. As far as I know it doesn't even mean in French what you think it should mean in English any more.
Posted By: The Pook Re: oops du jour - 11/27/08 04:43 AM
Did it ever? Or was it always just affected Franglais Restaurantese? I wonder.
Posted By: Zed Re: oops du jour - 11/27/08 07:51 AM
Originally Posted By: The Pook
Did it ever? Or was it always just affected Franglais Restaurantese? I wonder.


In this case, especially as you have 4 to choose from, I think it was definitely affected Franglais Resaurantese which is why I found it funny.
Posted By: zmjezhd Re: oops du jour - 11/27/08 10:00 AM
As far as I know it doesn't even mean in French what you think it should mean in English any more.

Mayhaps the French borrowed it from us (link)?
Posted By: BranShea Re: oops du jour - 11/28/08 09:13 PM
Originally Posted By: Zed
I was handed a flyer for a restaurant advertising 4 choices of
"Plat Du Jour - of the Week"

hmmm

Oh ,I get déjà vus on top a limping computer. Did you not have this before? The plat du jour of the week? It means it will be the same 4 plats du jour all week long. Life is hard....ha, but weeks are short. And ave a ju maiduh jour choixce?
Posted By: Zed Re: oops du jour - 11/28/08 10:59 PM
Try again in a non-francais accent, it's a curry house.
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