Friday, August 22, 2008

Favorite French Words, Part Un

Ouef
If someone were to punch me in the stomach, this is the sound I would make.
But, this word is not "the sound one makes when chucked in the gut". Instead it means egg.
I love eggs, or ouefs.

Aubergine
This is a very elegant word for one of my other favorite foods, eggplant. It's a beautiful vegetable, and clearly, the french wanted a more beautiful word cause if it had been a direct translation it would be ouef-plant. And that just sounds disgusting.

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