Pedants' Paradise

[LMcD]

... and if we accept maître d' as a thing (tho' it always feels a bit American to me) - should same person have a hat, would it be the maître d' 's hat (first apostrophe in italic, second in roman).

Just askin'

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Why would he be wearing a hat?

[vinteuil]

Why would he be wearing a hat?

... a very good question! Stupid of me - perhaps "maître d' 's earrings / weskit / toupee / nose-ring / spats... "

[oliver sudden]

Speaking of US restaurant terms, does anyone here know why on earth they call a main course an entrée?

[vinteuil]

Speaking of US restaurant terms, does anyone here know why on earth they call a main course an entrée?

... wiki advises -

"En cuisine, l'entrée est le plat qui précède le rôt (plat de résistance du repas).

C'est le premier service dans un repas de type occidental spécifique de l'Europe et de l' Amérique du Sud.

En Amérique du Nord, ce terme français continue toutefois d'être utilisé dans le sens de plat principal qui reste proche du sens qu'il avait à l'origine en français, où il désignait depuis la fin du Moyen Age et le début de la Renaissance le premier de plusieurs plats de viande. En Amérique du Nord l'entrée moderne française s'appelle starter ou appetizer."

[Serial_Apologist]

But it isn't a 'school of the boys'; it's a 'school for boys'.

It could be, were the boys to take it over and run it as a cooperative, though!

[vinteuil]

It could be, were the boys to take it over and run it as a cooperative, though!

... still stuck in 1968, serial?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If..../

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063850/...



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[Serial_Apologist]

... still stuck in 1968, serial?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If..../

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063850/...



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Still to this day one of my favourite films.

[kernelbogey]

Still to this day one of my favourite films.

A friend who went to Tonbridge, where it was filmed, told me that the Governors et al were not too chuffed when they saw the final film!

[kernelbogey]

For the spoken use of the apostrophe, Victor Borge's Phonetic Punctuation would be an asset:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIf3IfHCoiE

[Serial_Apologist]

A friend who went to Tonbridge, where it was filmed, told me that the Governors et al were not too chuffed when they saw the final film!

Cheltenham College mainly, and Aldenham in Herts for some of the later scenes.

[kernelbogey]

Cheltenham College mainly, and Aldenham in Herts for some of the later scenes.

Really, Serial - not Tonbridge?

[kernelbogey]

Really, Serial - not Tonbridge?

Edit: I've now read the Wiki page, which confirms the locations, and I obviously have a tricky conversation ahead of me with my friend....

[Serial_Apologist]

Edit: I've now read the Wiki page, which confirms the locations, and I obviously have a tricky conversation ahead of me with my friend....

Sherwin had been at Tonbridge, says Wiki, which probably explains the confusion.

[kernelbogey]

Sherwin had been at Tonbridge, says Wiki, which probably explains the confusion.

I'm hoping that I misunderstood - and decided not to raise it with him.

[Serial_Apologist]

I'm hoping that I misunderstood - and decided not to raise it with him.

That's ONE thing in this awful world sorted now, then!