Opinicus wrote:
> When an
> order is handed into the kitchen, the chef (on one occasion, someone
> else (for which she is castigated)) shouts something that sounds like
> "Samash".
[...]
> What is it all about?

It's french: "ça marche", literally "it goes", meaning that the order is
acknowledged.

Heiner

"Heiner Harder" > wrote

>> When an order is handed into the kitchen, the chef (on
>> one occasion, someone else (for which she is castigated))
>> shouts something that sounds like "Samash".
> [...]
>> What is it all about?

> It's french: "ça marche", literally "it goes", meaning
> that the order is acknowledged.

THANK YOU!

Now what would the equivalent of that be in English, I
wonder? When I (briefly) worked as a short-order cook all I
said to acknowledge orders was "Got it!".

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Bob

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"Heiner Harder" > wrote

> It's french: "ça marche", literally "it goes", meaning
> that the order is acknowledged.

Sheesh. Now I remember:

http://www.george-orwell.org/Down_an..._London/9.html

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Bob

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