A near miss...
Mar. 16th, 2005 10:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rosiespark.
I had to book a table at a restaurant yesterday, unexpectedly in Italian - and it amused me no end that I managed to avoid committing an Aubreyism. In Post Captain, Jack mystifies a couple of Frenchmen by referring to having "livré une table - booked it". The equivalent in Italian would have been librare una tavola. *g* I'm pretty chuffed that my mind managed to come up with "prenotare".
And yes, the meal was great. Smoked salmon, a main course of fried squid, octopus and prawns with salad and Sam Gamgee-style chips, followed by lemon sorbet and an espresso. Pretty damn good.
PS I haven't been around much. Will resurface in a week and a half, hopefully, when the 22 training course participants go home and I get my life back.
I had to book a table at a restaurant yesterday, unexpectedly in Italian - and it amused me no end that I managed to avoid committing an Aubreyism. In Post Captain, Jack mystifies a couple of Frenchmen by referring to having "livré une table - booked it". The equivalent in Italian would have been librare una tavola. *g* I'm pretty chuffed that my mind managed to come up with "prenotare".
And yes, the meal was great. Smoked salmon, a main course of fried squid, octopus and prawns with salad and Sam Gamgee-style chips, followed by lemon sorbet and an espresso. Pretty damn good.
PS I haven't been around much. Will resurface in a week and a half, hopefully, when the 22 training course participants go home and I get my life back.
