Eatinf dinner at The French Laundry is like attending an event. 6 or 7 courses of absolute perfection. Dinner can easily take 2 1/2 to 3 hours. Unbelievably pricey, but worth it once every other year or so.
Why? - Guyana is the name of the country which was formerly British Guiana. When the three were colonies they were British, Dutch and French Guiana. The other two became independent
and British Guiana became Guyana. Dutch Guiana became Suriname and French Guiana remained. Guyana is NOT an alternate spelling of Guiana and, therefore, should NOT be substituted.
I agree with disagreeing. If there didnt allready exist a country with the name Guyana I would be fine with it. But this only contributes to the confusion, people will never be able to get it straight. Thinking something is something else, is worse than a spelling error, I would almost say no matter how bad the spelling error is, but ofcourse there are limits. (I am thankfull for the first time I read spelling it Guyana was a mistake. It is like when you meet someone after a long while and call them by the wrong name. Like hey John ... It is Dave... -_- John is my brother.. it makes you feel very silly)
Guyana isnt correct, Guinea isnt correct, Ghana isn't correct and neither is guarana.
We call french toast wentelteefje. And it has an unclear etymology, wentel is obviously turning, wentelen=wenden. But the 2nd part means something different nowadays, it is female dog... and that is definitely not where it comes from. An unlikely explanation is that it comes from "wentel 't even/eventjes" which means turn it for a little while. But it is more likely that teef(je) comes from an not know anymore word for a specific pastry/bread.
It took me an embarrassing amount of time to figure out what "Suriname neighbor" meant. I was thinking, "As in, what do you call the guy who lives next door who's from Suriname?"
@wildcat, dont just go making stuff up. Or make it obvious that you are joking. Because otherwise others might actually believe you and spreading false "facts"...
Could a clearer clue than Quebecois be put forward? I mean, it's just a demonym; it could refer to the Quebecois dialect, or the geographical area, etc. Maybe, "A Quebecois person, for example"?
...or at the least, accept Canada. (There's no Canada like french Canada its the best Canada in the land. The other Canada is a bull***t Canada, if you lived here for a day you'd understand. You'd understand) --South park reference.
Amused by your expression 'Gawd and Benett'..... originally 'Gordon Bennett'...... and my Father used it quite a lot and told me the expression came from a Gordon Bennett who was engaged to a posh, rich young woman and one evening he arrived at the fiancés great manor drunk and peed in the fireplace in front of her parents and guests: (did not get the girl)
@CardinalSin You were right! The Gordon Bennett who sent Stanley to find Livingstone (of the New York Herald, not Times) is the very same fireplace urinator.
...i live in france, speak french and know a thing or two about the french but some of those things just aren't french in the real sense of the word...
and British Guiana became Guyana. Dutch Guiana became Suriname and French Guiana remained. Guyana is NOT an alternate spelling of Guiana and, therefore, should NOT be substituted.
Guyana isnt correct, Guinea isnt correct, Ghana isn't correct and neither is guarana.
MY FRENCH CLASS TAUGHT ME "DES FRITES"?!
idk. got it anyway. magically forgot about french onion soup..
pommes de terre is potatoes