do you ever wish that in discussions the person would identify unusual foods
@Hatley (163781)
Garden Grove, California
August 10, 2009 11:11pm CST
I am so often interested in odd words relating to some foreign
dish but the discusser never explains just what the food is.Dont
you wish the person would take a few seconds to explain to those
of us who do not speak their language what their dish consists
'of. we might even want to try it or cook it if we knew what'
was in it. how do you folks feel about this?
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
18 Aug 09
hi both of you that makes me remembe when we were touring Alberta
'canada and we stopped in a grocery store in a small town. we saw
some large cans that read Peeves in lard and nobody would tellus
what the heck Peeves were. I still dont know but the picture looked like big white earthworms. so we said no thanks just looking.yuck.
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@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
11 Aug 09
That's where in your reply you ask just what exactly that item is so perhaps you could locate something similar in the store. OR even what nation it came from so we could go to a Vegan, Asian, European, Indian market to get the item if we want to go the extra mile to find the item or two.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
18 Aug 09
hi snuggle bunnies good suggestions but the person that I
replied to answered me in good chinese but I dont read or
'write chinese so was still at a loss. I should have asked
'one of our other chinese mylotters who had fluent english
but dumb me never thought of that.
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
14 Aug 09
LOL...that works both ways. What we call a certain food it may be known by another name in another country. People are not aware that you don't know what they mean unless you ask. Sometimes you may even need to find a translation on-line.
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
18 Aug 09
What I was trying to say is that sometimes there is no translation for some words. Take a fruit for instance that grows in a particular region. It is not available in other countries. It is not imported or exported because it does not travel well. It's name is zxychjfrg. The dish most popular containing this fruit is zxychjfrg plangushi. (I made these names up).
There is no translation of these names...there are no English words to substitute for these words. It's like the word "Pavlova". Many people do not know it is a dessert that is iconic to Australians. There is no other translation for this word that means the same thing. I can describe it because the ingredients used are common but some things cannot be described in English.
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@littleowl (7157)
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15 Aug 09
Hi Hatley, I agree with you but sometimes I wonder those who do speak a foreign language if they find a word hard to say in English then why can't they in their language so we can learn what they are saying that way too, again we would all be on another learning curve..that would be brill..LoLo
@littleowl (7157)
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18 Aug 09
Hi Hatley, like you I am hopeless at learning other languages too unless someone actually teaches and talks to me in the language to learn, and thanks for the BR...hugs LoLo
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
19 Aug 09
hi littleowl I really wish I had at least learned one language
like spanish well and kept using it. here in Ca we have a lot
of mexicans and it would be nice to understand them and
respond in spanish.
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
11 Aug 09
Hi Hatley! Yes I do sometimes wish that they would explain
what the dish is! Sometimes they just sound so interesting
and I have no idea what they are talking about! Since there
are so many people from around the globe that love to cook
and love to talk about cooking and it is one of the favorite
topics around here that is a great idea! I know that in some
cases it is hard to translate sometimes, but it sure would
be great if they would try! Thanks for the wonderful suggestion
Hatley!
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@hsofyan (3446)
• Jakarta, Indonesia
19 Aug 09
I'm glad you are not disappointed.
Yes, globalization requires more understanding.
Happy mylotting..
