How soon they forget!

[Jonathan Lighter]

In those pricey vacation brochures, holidays in Indochina are now labeled "Indochine."

The more things change, the more a rose by any other name smells different.

JL

Wilson Gray <wilson.gray at RCN.COM> wrote:
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Sender: American Dialect Society
Poster: Wilson Gray
Subject: How soon they forget!
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Given that Vietnam was once part of the colony, _French_ Indo-China, it
should come as no surprise that a Vietnamese restaurant would have a
French name like "Le Cheval." And, of course, the number of Americans
that can read Vietnamese is even smaller than the number that can read
French, no doubt.

-Wilson Gray


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