Daisy wrote:
> Hi Kathy - we have an authentic boulangerie in our suburb in Auckland.
> The owner/proprietors (French) imported the ovens from France because
> they said they couldn't get them here. The baguettes at this place
> are authentic - believe me! And this place makes the best brioche I
> have had outside France. They make to order - and it IS expensive -
> but so so yummy. I like to order from them on the phone to keep up
> my French! Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
> Cheers
> Daisy
> Carthage demands an explanation for this insolence!

Carthago delenda est. Nice.

Anyway what works? Your French? Their understanding? Why would it not
work?
Une baguette, s'il vous plait, ou deux ou trois baguettes, maintenant,
oui? Merci.