Ask M. White for help with French translation

oh if you already knew and just wanted an opinion...fleches

Why?

I dunno, the france novelty factor?

I know what you mean.

Hm, Wiki page says fléchés may be a little easier because not as much room for lengthy clues.

Yes that's the most important difference between mots fléchés and mots croisés. Also the only one I can actually think of, as a once avid mots fléchés addict.

Dear M. White,
Why do French speakers think turkeys come from India while English speakers think they come from, well, Turkey?

And why do Spanish speakers think it is a commoner's peacock?

As a French speaker, I find what you're saying surprising. I've always thought turkeys came from America. This because of a comic book, oompapah which took place in America and where surprised French people discovered turkeys. But whatever. I should ask my friends where they think turkeys come from, but I'm not really sure many of them would say India. So yeah, I was not really of any help to you there I guess.

B-b-but then why do you call them dindes?

Ha! Maybe because upon reaching America they thought they were in India. I'll go and see if I can find a better googlexplanation than that. But I would also be really sad if Oompapah lied to me!

Ad as usual google delivers. On a very credible blog written in comic sans ms ( http://myhome27.over-blog.fr/article-24752734.html ) the following explanation is given : early navigators reaching America thought they were in India, called turkeys "poules d'inde" (indian poultry). that was rather long to say, so it was shortened to "dinde". (Yeah I guess wiki could have answered my query, but who doesn't love random blogs giving you answers to random questions?)

Monsieur Blanc,

Magasin qui sert le meilleur café dans notre quartier?

Bonnes fêtes,

Stefan Shastois

Big fan of Five Star across Divis from the gas station. Santos is rad and you get a truffle w/your coffee. The Earl Grey is excellent as is the spicy one (forget the name).

Of course, taste is subjective. I'll just point out that I loathe over-roasted west-coast coffee, i.e., Pete's.

early navigators reaching America thought they were in India, called turkeys "poules d'inde" (indian poultry). that was rather long to say, so it was shortened to "dinde".

omg mind blown

michael, how would you say:

I love you my darling but I have chosen Black Metal

Et bonnes fêtes à toi, aussi, Etienne!

Nice! I am totally down with 5-star, I love his mocha (post-bike ride) because he uses the gourmet chocolate that is so rich and delicious.

Good to know dude! I always forget about that place, he keeps telling me he makes a killer sandwich too. He's such a bro.

Michael B,

Je t'adore, mon/ma chéri(e), mais j'ai opté pour le métal noir.

thanks!

Plus, Steve, there's a cafe across Oak, one up the street across from Falletti's, Pete's, the place up Divis where all your bicyclist bros hang, etc., and when a little Latino dude wants to open up a one-man, hole in the wall place AND serves me an excellent espresso and truffle, he gets my money every time.

my ex LOVED his truffles (she was raised in Paris and Brussels) and she couldn't believe how good they were.

I also secretly love that he's all artisinal about it but says 'handmade', instead.

My second favorite place for coffee is prob International, not because Zaara's coffee is memorable, or anything, but because it has that old time hippy/boho vibe, has live music on Saturday nights, and a back patio where I can smoke and read.

okay, my friend who just moved here wants to know where the famous SF "gourmet" coffee is in the hood and it all seems to be in the mission/hayes/soma (ritual, blue bottle, 4 barrel, philz, sightglass). i don't drink enough to be an authority but i know you are.

(sorry this has nothing to do with French translations)

No worries. If he wants real SF, send him to Blue Bottle over off of Octavia or Pete's or whatever. I used to work at Trieste as a teen (in Sausalito) and I have nothing against that old school vibe or the new environmentally and politically correct one, either, but the coffee is just too bitter for me.

Trieste is now Cafe Rome (?) now right? AlexInSF's wife LOVES the place across the street from there with a funny name, I still need to try it though.

The best part of Cafe Trieste (and whatever it's called now) was/is that iced coffee has FREE REFILLS which is awesome after riding 100 miles on a hot day and you still have to contend with that hill back up to the GGB and your legs are saying "oh hell naw".

Caffe Divino? You're talking Sausalito, right?

the one Mrs. In SF likes is called Cibo which isn't such a funny name after all:

http://cibosausalito.com/

Oh, right. I haven't been. I'll have to check it out the next time I'm grannysitting.

Cibo's basically 'chow' in Italian, I think.

yeah, remember that NYC band from the mid-90s that was named Cibo Matto which had the double meaning of "crazy food" in italian or "total ingenuity" in japanese.

I never thought about their name much. That's pretty cool, though. I remember Japanese dudes in Japan always wanting me to say 'eighty-five' in Italian 'cause it's pretty close to 'grandpa's got a boner' or something.

interweb language translators cant be trusted, can they? i'm pretty sure these translators make you look retarded to the reader of the language like "i type this in translator now English good I speak" kinda thing...........

They tend to transliterate which isn't translation and they translate idioms literally which sounds very odd. If a French guy says of someone that he has a body hair in his palm, in French it means he's lazy. In English, it sounds like you're fuckin' weird.

My dad sometimes sends me greetings he's run through babelfish. They usually just sound like the ravings of a sweet but highly demented person.

ok, are "confetti" (not fr., i know) and "confit" based on the same root?

i woke up this morning with the phrase "duck confetti" in my head, god knows why.

Apparently.

Anatra confetta sounds delizioso.

or rather deliziosa

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=confetti

lol related to "confection" even

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=confection

stuff like this is so interesting to me

really no idea where "duck confetti" came from

One heck of a weird parade?

duck with candied almonds might be pretty good

Let's face it, duck is awesome. Smoked, confit, roast, etc...

so is the french meaning that it is "prepared" duck or that it is little bits of duck?

it's a v similar process to making pulled pork BBQ actually - i.e. it marinates in a dry rub and then is slow-roasted for a long time, then often put in a frying pan with the juices and a pinch of brown sugar

http://www.wordreference.com/fren/confit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_confit

We're making pommes de terre à la sarladaise over Labor Day weekend

Hello! I have a request for help with French translation! Might someone be able to help?

I recently ordered a reproduction of a book from the BNF - they sent me the following form: http://www.qfpost.com/download.do?get=7570c3b21044615a2eb0770db1d38108

I think I mostly understand it, except what are "le règlement au département de la reproduction" that I must send alongside the tear-off bit?

Gravel, I can't open that for some reason. Can you c&p?

it means enclose the payment with that slip and send it to the address above

"Partie détachable à retourner obligatoirement avec le règlement au département de la reproduction à l'adresse de facturation ci-dessus"