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<DIV><FONT size=2>Bapopik notes rightly that in France you should not ask for a
"chien chaud" if you want a, but you should not say - as he recommends -
"Donnez-moi, s'il vous plaît, des saucisses viennoises" either, because
the waiter would certainly be rather puzzled. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>The correct French word for Hot Dog is "hot-dog"!
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<DIV><FONT size=2>And </FONT><FONT size=2>"Le Petit Robert" says: "HOT-DOG n. m.
- 1929 (...) Saucisse de Francfort, servie chaude dans un petit pain. Des
hot-dogs."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>(A fairly credible explanation of how the sausage became a dog
is given by e.g. Webster's New World Dictionary.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Jan Ivarsson, Simrishamn, Sweden</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>