Roy wrote:

> On Saturday, August 13, 2016 at 5:33:22 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
> > In article >,
> > says...
> > >
> > > 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.
> >
> > French speakers call all green beans haricots verts, because haricot
> > vert means green bean, but when most English speakers use the term, they
> > mean 'a variety of green beans that is longer, thinner, crisper, and
> > more tender than "standard" green beans'.
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_bean
> >
> > I imagine that this works slightly differently in Canada, where you have
> > French speaking people and bilingual labelling, so that "haricots
> > verts" can simply mean "green beans", without referring to a specific
> > type, like it does in other English speaking countries.
> ===
> What do you mean by "like it does in other English speaking countries"? You "imagine" all this without seeing an American label or an Australian label.


How about Sierra Leone or Gibraltar...???


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Greg