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| LittleBoy Diglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 5312 days ago 84 posts - 100 votes  Speaks: English*, French Studies: German, Spanish, Mandarin, Esperanto | Message 9 of 11 09 December 2012 at 11:13pm | IP Logged | ||
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I've never heard "la crème glacée" - that's what you get for learning languages at school. I'd trust the native if I were you!
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| lecavaleur Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4779 days ago 146 posts - 295 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German, Spanish | Message 10 of 11 10 December 2012 at 1:19pm | IP Logged | ||
That's because it's a québécisme. In most of the Francophonie, the word for ice cream is "glace". In Québec, it's called "crème glacée". It souds a bit calqued onto the English "ice cream", but I suspect that Quebeckers, who live nearly half the year dealing with all different types of ice because of the long winter, find it useful to have two distinct words for ice and ice cream. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| lecavaleur Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4779 days ago 146 posts - 295 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German, Spanish | Message 11 of 11 10 December 2012 at 1:32pm | IP Logged | ||
There are several words for the English "bill", and they are used depending on the context. Use can vary from region to region, but here's a general rule. Use "l'addition" for the check at a restaurant. Use "la note" for the bill at a hotel. Use "la facture" for any other type of bill* (ex. utilities, services, etc.). *Note that Quebeckers tend to use the word "facture" for all three, and they also tend to use it concurrently with "reçu" for a receipt. As for "la note", it can be used colloquially for some bills other than a hotel, but "facture" is more general, hence a safer bet if you're a beginner in the language. Edited by lecavaleur on 10 December 2012 at 1:35pm 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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