Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Filet de merlan de ligne, terre et mer
English translation:
Line-fished whiting filet, surf and turf
French term
United Kingdom
Filet de merlan de ligne, terre et mer
I know that it's fish called 'whiting', why terre et mer?
thanks
| 3 -2 | whiting filet, line, surf and turf |
Marian Greenfield
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| 4 +7 | line-caught whiting, 'surf-n-turf' |
Tony M
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Jul 8, 2006 17:13: JCEC changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (1): df49f (X)
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whiting filet, line, surf and turf
| Marian, I'm impressed..... |
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Tony M
: 'line' doesn't belong in there in taht position, Marian! / It's nothing to do with 'fishing line' as such, but all about the quality of the fish
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Cetacea
: Actually, "line" does belong in there, but in a different spot: "line-fished whiting filet, surf and turf". "line-fished" is an important quality (and price!) feature
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line-fished is likely, but then the French construction is odd....
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Jean-Christophe Vieillard
: Marian a pris trois gros poissons avec sa ligne !//I agree with Tony, df49f.
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vbg.....
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df49f (X)
: line-caught or line fished whiting (line alone would mean nothing on a menu unless the chef also serves the fishing line on the plates :) - nothing odd about the French phrase - also, shouldn't fillet take 2 Ls?
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line-caught whiting, 'surf-n-turf'
terre-et-mer usually conveys the same idea as surf-n-turf, i.e. seafood (king prawns?) combined in the same dish as meat (steak?) --- I can only presume the whiting is accompanied by some kind of meat...
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roneill
4 hrs
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Thanks, Rónat! :-)
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Dr Sue Levy (X)
14 hrs
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Merci, Sue !
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df49f (X)
: line-caught or line-fished is not just "likely", but absolutely certain! and the "French construction "is absolutely NOT odd ;-)
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Thanks, Dominique! Agree, not at all odd, and it's 'Trades Descriptions' time if not true...
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writeaway
: oeuf corse it's not odd-and I even think we've had it before (the line-caught/fished that is). surf and turf is one of those Anglo notions that always shows up differently in other languages but is always easy to spot.
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Thanks, W/A! Yes, 'bar de ligne' often, 'merlan de ligne' is less common...
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Susanne Oppermann
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Thanks!
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emiledgar
21 hrs
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Merci, Emiledgar !
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JCEC
: Greetings from the culprit !
1 day 3 hrs
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Thanks, JCEC! Hook, line and sinker! ;-)
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