On 25/07/02 09:45, "John Charlton" <johncharlton_at_mac.com> wrote:
>> Now that you're mentioning St. Laurent, I kinda remember a
>> place at the corner of St. Laurent and Ste. Catherine. Don't
>> remember how it was called and whether it's still there, though...
>
> Even though that area has been cleaned up, it's still not a great place to
> bring a family. A lot of interesting things went on in that restaurant. One
> place where you really wouldn't want to mix up the pronunciation of
> 'Poutine'! I think it's changed owners (a few times) in the last while, and
> now might even be a Lebanese place, those are all over.
As in "putain"? If you really have your French pronunciation right, there is
quite a difference between "poutine" and "putain" (which used to hang out a
lot around St. Laurent), but I agree that for a foreign speaker, there is a
slight risk... ;-)
-Laurent.
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