On 2016-08-13 6:24 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 8/13/2016 6:17 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2016-08-13 5:37 PM, Roy wrote:
>>> On Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 3:26:55 AM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> "Bruce" > wrote in message
>>
>>> But printed on cans it means "GREEN BEANS" you nitwit, no matter how
>>> slender, green, round, tender, crisper or longer they may be. That
>>> applies no matter what variety of green beans they may be.
>>>
>>> p.s. Don't thank Brucie for anything...he's just another spammer
>>> trying to stir up trouble. ====
>>>
>>
>>
>> I just got back from a short vacation in Quebec. These green beans, no
>> matter how relatively long and thin they were, were all haricots verts.
>
> Hmmm, don't they speak French in Quebec?

Yes, most of them do, and that is why they call green beans haricots verts.