<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/1/19 David Earl <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:david@frankieandshadow.com">david@frankieandshadow.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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</div>Really? While some English cafes might serve meals, if you can call them<br>
that, like "Egg and Chips", the French cafes I've been into would<br>
typically serve coffee and pastries.<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br>pastries yes but not a given. Food in general no.<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
But put aside the distinction between soft drinks and alcohol, don't you<br>
think there is something different in character between a bar and a cafe<br>
in France, that causes the owner to *call* it one or the other (maybe<br>
even only for marketing reasons of atmosphere, cachet or desired<br>
clientèle than because of any fundamental difference in what it serves)?<br>
<div><div></div><br></div></blockquote></div><br>It could be. But it shows that it is difficult to find a proper definition for something like this. The meaning can be quite different.<br><br>Emilie Laffray<br>