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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread oops du jour #180566 11/26/08 07:05 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed OP Pooh-Bah OP Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada I was handed a flyer for a restaurant advertising 4 choices of "Plat Du Jour - of the Week" hmmm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: oops du jour Zed #180580 11/27/08 12:31 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania Well, technically I suppose you can have the same plate of the day for a week, but it is funny. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: oops du jour The Pook #180584 11/27/08 01:26 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: oops du jour Faldage #180592 11/27/08 04:43 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania Did it ever? Or was it always just affected Franglais Restaurantese? I wonder. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: oops du jour The Pook #180598 11/27/08 07:51 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed OP Pooh-Bah OP Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: oops du jour Faldage #180601 11/27/08 10:00 AM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh 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)? Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: oops du jour Zed #180618 11/28/08 09:13 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague 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? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: oops du jour BranShea #180619 11/28/08 10:59 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed OP Pooh-Bah OP Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Try again in a non-francais accent, it's a curry house. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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