I never felt completely comfortable in a French bar or restaurant.
I chalked it up to the similarities in cadence and phrasing between
English and German/Flemish/Nederlans and (especially) Fries (dialect
of Nederlans spoken in Friesland, one of the provinces of the
Netherlands -- *very* similar to English; found myself constantly on
the edge of understanding what Fries-speakers were saying...).
Garth
They were probably saying - "Do you vant Fries with that?"
Andrew
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