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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
delicacies
"the delicacies of the French palate"
When the "French" refers to French people, what does the phrase above mean? A French chef talked about the food preference of the French people and said that some people could not understand the delicacies of the French palate. I thought he meant the French people had a delicate palate that not everyone could understand or agree with, but according to dictionaries, “delicacy” used for that meaning is an uncountable noun. Can I interpret this “delicacies” as the quality of being delicate (in taste)? Or should I consider that he meant pleasing and appealing foods or dishes by the term and that he just intended to say some people don't know what dishes the French people enjoy?
Thank you.
When the "French" refers to French people, what does the phrase above mean? A French chef talked about the food preference of the French people and said that some people could not understand the delicacies of the French palate. I thought he meant the French people had a delicate palate that not everyone could understand or agree with, but according to dictionaries, “delicacy” used for that meaning is an uncountable noun. Can I interpret this “delicacies” as the quality of being delicate (in taste)? Or should I consider that he meant pleasing and appealing foods or dishes by the term and that he just intended to say some people don't know what dishes the French people enjoy?
Thank you.
Top answer
One may speak of the delicacies of the French culinary palette, but the human palate is not a serving tray. "
- One may speak of the delicacies of the French culinary palette, but the human palate is not a serving tray.
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One may speak of the delicacies of the French culinary palette, but the human palate is not a serving tray. I think the chef meant to say, "the delicateness of the French palate."
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Probably he meant something like this:
the delicacies according to the French palate
the delicacies according to the French palate
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Thank you, Anonymous and AlpheccaStars.
I really appreciate your replies even though it seems the interpretations split in two.
I really appreciate your replies even though it seems the interpretations split in two.
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AnonymousThank you, Anonymous and AlpheccaStars.I really appreciate your replies even though it seems the interpretations split in two.That's because the original is not well written.
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fivejedjonThat's because the original is not well written.I agree, and I wanted to say I was glad to confirm that.
I wish I could stop reading things written by this writer though there are still five more to go...
I hope I will have built some skill to judge by myself and say "this is not well written!" by the time I finish them.
Thank you,
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Anonymoussome people could not understand the delicacies of the French palate.~ some people were unable to appreciate the subtleties of the taste preferences of the French
CJ
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CalifJimto appreciate the subtleties of the taste preferencesI see. I think I understand how to merge the two possible meanings.
Thank you, CalifJim. I appreciate your reply.
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