Bjørn Steensrud drukte met precisie uit :
> Ellen K. wrote:
>
>> Well, that's a new one for me. Do the restaurants call them "egg tacos"
>> on the menu?
>>
>> And this is closing in on another multi-lingual play on words, IIRC in
>> Spain a "tortilla" is what Americans call an omelet, not the flat grain
>> item it is
>> in Mexican Spanish. 
>
> Tortilla Español - much like Omelette paysanne, an omelet with a filling of
> bits of boiled potatoes. (oh, thread mixup ...)
And bits of anything like bacon, tomato, parsley, etc.
>
> I was served a delicious home-made one in Madrid, (mumble) years ago.
ROFL
M.