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While it doesn't involve a definite article, foreign phrases are often misused when incorporated into English. A sign at the cafeteria recently comes to mind - "French Dip with Au Jus Sauce", or literally, "French Dip with with juice sauce"
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Welcome, Michael, to the wonderful world of AWAD. There is ALWAYS room for another Seattlite on this board.
You will be perhaps envious to know that, this week, I have seen nene (Hawaiian geese) from two feet away, red-footed boobies in numbers too large to count, and the almost-ready-to-fledge offspring of wedge-tailed shearwaters in their little mud holes. There is a national bird sanctuary on the Island of Kauai where we saw these wonderful sights and more.
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Y'all still next door to drowning, out there? I've heard bad reports about the NW getting rain, rain, and more rain.
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Also brought to you from the Department of Redundancy Department are such phrases as "PIN number" (Personal Identification Number number), "VIN number" (Vehicle Identification Number number), and Please RSVP, which translates to "Please respond, please."
Very truly yours,
Sherry
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Merci beaucoup for posting, Sherry, and thank you.
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Also brought to you from the Department of Redundancy Department are such phrases as "PIN number" (Personal Identification Number number), "VIN number" (Vehicle Identification Number number), and Please RSVP, which translates to "Please respond, please."
Very truly yours,
Sherry
Someone correct me if I am wrong: is not "Pizza Pie" a redundancy?
"Pizza" is defined as a tomato pie, correct?
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Pizza to my knowledge, is just pie, pizza rustica (an easter specialty) is rustic or country pie..
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Thanks, of troy.
That confirms my belief, then, that "pizza pie" is a redundancy.
However, should it not be "tomato pizza"? Or "italian pizza"?
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Pizza, allright. Any which way , but what exactly is French Dip with juice sauce??????In good American, what is it?
(substance ,colour, texture,ingredients.) It sounds.....swampy
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French Dip is a roast beef sandwich in a long bun (hard or soft, or somewhere-in-between...), dipped in the juice of the roast. an even better linkand, apparently, the Originalyum.
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