On Wed, 11 Mar 1998 07:12:20 -0800, Jeff Spirer <jeffs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>At 02:14 PM 3/11/98 GMT, Frank van Lindert wrote:
>>Thanks, Doris, for this explanatory description of another piece of
>>rich American folklore that I didn't even know the existence of.
>>We never have car boot sales or garage sales here, not privately that
>>is. We do have large junk sales in big halls where everybody can rent
>>a stall to sell whatever he wishes to. Visitors must pay a small
>>admission fee. But sellers are very knowledgeable about prices there.
>>So there is only little chance of finding any photographic steals like
>>the almost classical example of Deb's Shift or even better ones....
>
>These are called flea markets in the US and you can sometimes find bargains
>at them.
>
>
>Jeff Spirer
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That's nice. I think this name is internationally the same, at least
in the four languages I know best: flea market (E), vlooienmarkt (D),
Flohmarkt (G), and marché aux puces (F).
The last one might be a good addition to your personal 'How to say it
in French'-book, Jeff! Paris has a famous one, every Sunday. But of
course, you knew already..
Frank.
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