June 6, 2014
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Poutine in Normandy
In a 2007 survey on the greatest Canadian inventions of all time, Poutine was ranked No. 10, ahead of the electron microscope, the BlackBerry, and the paint roller. Poutine is a dish of homemade french fries topped with white cheddar cheese curds and gravy. Ughhh. To denizens of the civilized world, it sounds unsavory.
In France, coincidentally, Poutine means Putin (Путин), as in Vladimir Putin. I find this fascinating. There is a perverse logic in it, since и represents a long E sound. Putin rhymes with "keen" not "vin."
From Le Figaro:
2000 kilometers from a real civil war, with real people dying and vertiginous geopolitical issues, a FEMEN media puppet with bare breasts attacks a wax statue in the sight of horrified Japanese tourists and the placid gaze of a plastic François Hollande.
Comments (5)
(Urban Dictionary) In Ontario, the word is a spin on pussy, which is also slang for a vagina.
"He is thirsty for my Poutine! He can come and get it, anytime!"
^ I never knew that o_O lol
Btw - unsavory?? For real? It's yummy in my tummy.
Yes, hilarious. I'm glad somebody gets it.
I would definitely eat poutine... er um...
Oh good, now you will be tracked by the KGB.
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