Weirdest thing about learning French so fare is that "raclette" which sounds fancy comes from "racle" meaning "to scrape." Like "anyone want cheesy scrapes" ? "Sir, permit me to scrape you some scrapey-cheese."
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It works, of course, both ways, with English words being perceived as young and cool in France, especially with the political right trying to suppress their usage. I wonder, if not being understood plays an important role in the difference in perception of some bands. I.e. Coldplay are not vilified
Well, fondue is just melty cheese for much the same reasons. Both scrapey-cheese and melty-cheese are perfectly valid life choices, just don't think too hard about cholesterol content
Little fun fact : the cheese itself is called "fromage à raclette" ("scraper cheese"), we only use the word raclette to describe the cheese as a colloquial shorthand, or as a name for the entire meal.
Raclette is the name of the utensil you use to scrape the cheese off the pan.
If you ask a native French speaker, they will tell you that the masculine gender is the words that you can put "le" or "un" in front, and feminine ones are those that you can put "la" or "une". There is also the "beau" or "belle" test. And sincerely, that's really how we do it 😅 So un ou une ananas?
Originally in the Alps, including here in northern Italy, a piece of cheese was placed near the lit fireplace, and when it started to melt, it was scraped onto bread.
The original raclette was nothing sophisticated, like many humble dishes of the past, it became so over time. :-)
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Also: Now I need some raclette.
Raclette is the name of the utensil you use to scrape the cheese off the pan.
Amour > amourette : a frivolous love story.
Casque > casquette : a small helmet.
Brune > brunette : a petite dark-haired woman.
A "racleur" sounds like heavy hardware, and indeed it is:
Melts? Anyone want some melts?
https://www.reddit.com/r/pizzahut/s/OL9JlMtvDJ
delightful
(Pissenlits are "dandelions," and grattes-culs are "rose hips.")
...but we called them loquats.
1) Complains a lot
2) Says "du coup" a lot
3) Will have raclette any time for any reason
I complain about it.
The original raclette was nothing sophisticated, like many humble dishes of the past, it became so over time. :-)