Derleth
September 19, 2014, 3:39am
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It starts fairly tame and gets progressively more intense. The text near the end is… well, it’s curse words in French and English, so shoulder-surfers might have their eyes lock on some interesting phrases:
The other night on one of my days off, I ordered a cocktail at an upscale restaurant that I had never heard of before. It was a mixture of rum and spirits with fruit juice. It sounded interesting but a little too sweet for my taste. I asked the server if it was dégueulasse (deh-guh-lass), which I thought meant ‘gross’.
I hear it all the time in the kitchen and I just assumed it meant bad or unsavory. I just wanted to know if the cocktail was good! I really upset the server who stormed away after correcting my French and telling me never to use that word in public. How was I supposed to know? The word means ‘filthy’.
I think you’re misinterpreting the linked article. It’s not written by Guy Savoy but by someone named “Amy Glaze.” Presumably Guy Savoy, born and raised in France, wouldn’t say “How was I supposed to know?” when he uses a French word like dégueulasse. Amy Glaze is the dumbass who did that.
Derleth
September 19, 2014, 4:35pm
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Dewey_Finn:
I think you’re misinterpreting the linked article. It’s not written by Guy Savoy but by someone named “Amy Glaze.” Presumably Guy Savoy, born and raised in France, wouldn’t say “How was I supposed to know?” when he uses a French word like dégueulasse. Amy Glaze is the dumbass who did that.
Bah. It is tagged Guy Savoy, and who the Hell runs a multi-writer blog without using tags to help people find who wrote what?