On Fri, 18 Oct 2019 21:44:28 -0500, Hank Rogers >
wrote:
>Bruce wrote:
>> On Fri, 18 Oct 2019 17:09:32 -0400, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2019-10-18 2:44 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>> On 10/18/2019 2:00 PM, wrote:
>>>>> without cabbage it's not slaw
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Others disagree.ÂÂ* Not cole, just slaw
>>>> https://www.chowhound.com/food-news/...slaw-and-slaw/
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I did some checking and I found that most sites indicate that slaw is
>>> coleslaw.... cabbage salad. Most of the cultures and their respective
>>> languages have other words for salad. If a deli or restaurant offers
>>> slaw on the menu you can be pretty sure it will be coleslaw.
>>
>> You got it from Dutch. Cole (kool) means cabbage and slaw (sla) means
>> salad/lettuce. Cabbage salad.
>>
>
>And, douche means douche in both languages.
In the meaning that applies to you, it's only English.