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DTP    641866 Fri, 01 Jul 05 03:14 PM

In a restaurant on the chard there are more than one menu.. and this is my question.

1 menu, 2 menu's? or Menus? or Menues?

Tia
Frans
DTP
Paul Burke  , 4 yr 145 days ago

"1 menu, 2 menu's? or Menus? or Menues?"

Menus. Snafus. Jujus. There was only one Xanadu, so no need for a plural.
Nick Wagg  , 4 yr 145 days ago

"In a restaurant on the chard there are more than one menu.. and this is my question. 1 menu, 2 menu's? or Menus? or Menues?"

Did you mean that chard is on the menu? :-)
Phil C.    641886 Fri, 01 Jul 05 05:09 PM

"In a restaurant on the chard there are more than one menu.. and this is my question. 1 menu, 2 menu's? or Menus? or Menues?"

"Did you mean that chard is on the menu? :-)"

Sorry, is that the vegetable or the bloke who fought at Rorke's Drift? Some unkind military historians would say it that it doesn't make much difference.
I dimly recall, BTW, that the "Swiss" element of Swiss chard is just a word suggesting "foreign" - much as we would say "French cricket" or "double Dutch" etc. But if so, I can't remember where the term originated.

Phil C.
Molly Mockford    641892 Fri, 01 Jul 05 07:09 PM

At 17:09:22 on Fri, 1 Jul 2005, Phil C. (Email Removed) wrote in (Email Removed):
"I dimly recall, BTW, that the "Swiss" element of Swiss chard is just a word suggesting "foreign" - much as we would say "French cricket" or "double Dutch" etc."

Don't start up the Dutch threads again, man!

Molly Mockford
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety - Benjamin Franklin (My Reply-To address *is* valid, though may not remain so for ever.)
DTP    641897 Fri, 01 Jul 05 08:23 PM

"DTP" (Email Removed) schreef in bericht
"In a restaurant on the chard there are more than one menu.. and this is my question. 1 menu, 2 menu's? or Menus? or Menues?"

Thank you Paul,
altough one word only would have been enough, I saw clearly there are some lads here, with very little to do :))
Well, I'm not, have some menus to create.
Frans
DTP
Phil C.    641912 Sat, 02 Jul 05 01:46 PM

"I dimly recall, BTW, that the "Swiss" element of Swiss ... as we would say "French cricket" or "double Dutch" etc."

"Don't start up the Dutch threads again, man!"

Is that advice given with "benevolent firmness"? If so, you're my Dutch uncle.

Phil C.
Molly Mockford    641919 Sat, 02 Jul 05 06:06 PM

At 13:46:28 on Sat, 2 Jul 2005, Phil C. (Email Removed) wrote in (Email Removed):
"Is that advice given with "benevolent firmness"? If so, you're my Dutch uncle."

If the cap fits...

Molly Mockford
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety - Benjamin Franklin (My Reply-To address *is* valid, though may not remain so for ever.)
Arthur    641942 Sun, 03 Jul 05 10:04 AM

"In a restaurant on the chard there are more than one menu.. and this is my question. 1 menu, 2 menu's? or Menus? or Menues? Tia Frans"

I think Frans made a typical Dutch mistake by calling the 'menu' the waiter gives you the 'chard'.
In Dutch the menu is called 'de kaart'. "Card" is also a word which is mistakenly used for "menu" by Dutch people.
Arthur
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