Don't know french? Don't use it! Served with au jus? Cheesy au gratin?

[Rabrrrrrr]

This fucking commercial for the sub sandwich place is pissing me off, talking about some beef sandwich they serve with "au jus" - hey, here's a clue, fuckwads: au jus means "with juice". So you are serving it with "with juice". Fuck you!! It's not called "with juice" it's just "jus". Goddamn, you deserve to go to straight to hell! Without dying!

Assholes.

And to all you midwestern fuckwits who serve cheesy au gratin potatoes - fuck off! "au gratin" means "with cheese". Dumbass fucks.

And yes, I've seen this in shitloads of restaurants.

"Prime rib with au jus"

and

"Cheesy au gratin potatoes" (or some other vegetable).

And then I always laugh that they had the capacity to italicize the French words while using them so fucking, utterly ignorantly.

[Maddy McCall]

1. I hate the talkin' baby.

:grr:

[yewberry]

2. Also: "...with au jus sauce."

Just awful.

[ChoralScholar]

56. hehe

I'll take the roast beef with with juice sauce.... :)

[GOPisEvil]

3. I'm going to the ATM machine, I'll be right back.

:nuke: WHADDYA THINK THE "M" IS FOR?!?!?!?! :nuke:

[KitchenWitch]

19. What is the VIN number of your car?

N in VIN = number FUCKTARD!

:grr:

[Rabrrrrrr]

21. How about my PIN number? You want that?

[KitchenWitch]

33. Fuck yeah!

[Rabrrrrrr]

34. Don't swear! It makes you sound like a dockworker.

:spank:

[KitchenWitch]

37. but....what if I AM a dockworker?

:shrug:

[Rabrrrrrr]

40. Then you aren't swearing enough, dumbass.

Fuckin' women, always yackin' - yackety yackety yack yack yack, and never sayin' nothin'. Fuckin' annoyin'.

[BigMcLargehuge]

4. relax rabrrrr, just open that vintage bottle of chateau

briand...
























:rofl:

I'll have the Nachos with cheese Au gratin

[Rabrrrrrr]

22. ROTFL!

That's a good one - bottle of chateau briand. :rofl:

[Lavender Brown]

5. I thought au gratin just meant "baked"

There are gratin dishes that don't have any cheese in them. :shrug:

[GirlinContempt]

11. ....

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&lr=&oi=defmore&defl=en&q=define:Au+gratin

[Lavender Brown]

16. So, sometimes yes and sometimes no

:)

[ScreamingMeemie]

12. I thought it meant browned...I'm going to ask my daughter when she

wakes up. :hi:

[Rabrrrrrr]

23. And yes, you are right on that - one can make au gratin without cheese

but certainly in America the term has taken on the meaning of "with cheese" in any au gratin dish. But it can be bread crumbs - it actually means "with crust".

So my rant is somewhat misplaced, and you are right to call meon it. But I think in America, most people will assume (if they know anything at all) that "au gratin" will mean that it has cheese.

[Bassic]

26. My first language is French and I confirm that au gratin

Means "with melted cheese on top"

[FuzzySlippers]

6. LIstening to your latest rantings and ravings

I think I need a big glass of vin blanc wine.

[BigMcLargehuge]

9. you mean white vin blank wine

LOL!!!!!

[FuzzySlippers]

10. Even better!

:toast:

[Rabrrrrrr]

25. I'd like the pink vin rosé wine, please

[TheBaldyMan]

7. and they complain that their Steak Tatare isn't properly cooked.

in case anyone is wondering - it's supposed to be raw, its just a bit too chewy for my taste.

[flvegan]

8. Au jus is really just "in it's own blood"

I'm just sayin'...

[Zenlitened]

13. Does anyone know how to say...

... café in French?

[BigMcLargehuge]

15. I am having some french coffee "Cafe' francaise"!

[Ellen Forradalom]

14. my dad grew up in France

amongst other places and this stuff drove him batshit nuts.

[Bassic]

27. I know how he feels. nt

[alarimer]

17. off topic a little but this reminds me of a song

Called the "Big Rio Grande River" by the Austin Lounge Lizards. It is just full of stuff like this.

[Rabrrrrrr]

24. And I love that DC has the Potomac River - also named River River

Potomac means river, you nobs!


big rio grande river - classic!

[alarimer]

58. I can't remember the lyrics to that song off hand

but it is really funny.

[regnaD kciN]

18. A-F*CKIN'-MEN!

:spank:

I grew up just over the border in Switzerland, and this misuse of French always p*ss*s me off.

Although I guess we should be glad that the wingnuts didn't decide, in the run-up to the Iraq invasion, to start serving it "with freedom jus."

:eyes:

[matcom]

20. you need to watch more Rachael Ray

she'll whip you up a sammy 'with juice' and some EVOO (extra virgin olive oil)

[Rabrrrrrr]

28. If she'd at least have the courtesy to do her show nude

:grr:

[Bassic]

29. Yeah...

Very inconsiderate of her! :silly:

[Rabrrrrrr]

30. Ooh ooh -another one, the "with an au poivre pepper sauce"

I remember seeing that one somewhere.

[matcom]

31. stop typing in French

you obviously hate 'Murica x(

[kick-ass-bob]

32. I'll have that cafe au lait coffee...

could you add milk, please? Thanks.

[Squatch]

35. I once ordered a Latte at an Italian cafe in Germany...

the guy looked at me funny, and then poured me a glass of milk.

Fucking Starbucks. Ruined me forever.

[Misunderestimator]

36. Sometimes, I want to marry you.

[xmas74]

38. I worked in a restaurant when I was 16.

I was in charge of writing on the memo board in the lobby what the specials were. They were written down on a piece of paper and I had to copy it directly. One of the specials was the "Prime Rib with Au Jus" (exactly as it was written on the paper-yes, I remember it to this day). I was taking French at the time and felt the need to correct the board.
I received a one day suspension. I learned never to correct my redneck manager again and have refused to say it properly ever since. I now call it "prime rib in its own juices". I won't say it their way either.

[Rabrrrrrr]

39. And I saw a can in the store the other day of "Au Jus" -

yes, that's right, you can buy cans of "With Juice" now.

:shrug:

[xmas74]

41. Sounds rather disgusting.

Bet it's nothing but a clump of beef base w/ some water thrown in it.

[KFC]

42. Certain French prepositions can be considered "silent"

In the classic sense. The use of "au" in your context is not incorrect, just a slight embellishment.

[Critters2]

43. I'm a Midwesterner

and I never heard "cheesy au gratin" until I lived in New England. Where they also eat "Welsh rabbit".

In the Midwest, we just call it "potatoes au gratin" (occasionally "au gratin potatoes") as God intended.

[Rabrrrrrr]

44. Strange - for me, it's only been in the midwest and west

that I've seen cheesy au gratin, and "with au jus".

Never in New England. Except maybe Fairfield, CT.

[Critters2]

45. Nope

never heard of "cheesy au gratin" until I lived in NE. Where they once offered me a "tonic". Feeling perfectly well, I refused. Imagine my surprise when everyone else was served soft drinks, and when I asked if I might enjoy one, I was told "you said you didn't wnat one".

And I've never heard a Midwesterner say "with au jus". There is some national commercial that advertises a sandwich that way, Arby's maybe. I tend to assume national commercials are produced on the East Coast. So, apparently, they say "with au jus" on Madison Ave.

[Rabrrrrrr]

46. Maybe it's more a Wisconsin thing

Heard it all the time, even working in a restaurant, growing up in Wisconsin. All over the state.

[Left Is Write]

51. I concur. I've never heard the term "cheesy au gratin" ever.

[Book Lover]

47. And another thing

If you say, "The hoi polloi," you are saying, "The the people." Stop it!

[MadHound]

48. I have only one objection to an otherwise wonderful rant

Stop the generalization and degradation of the midwest, OK. Idiots who misuse the English, French and other languages are prevalent in all states, OK. Stop your hate of the midwest, there are actually fine, intelligent liberal people out here that you're insulting with your broadbrush attacks. Thanks.

[Rabrrrrrr]

54. Hey, I'm a midwesterner born and raised.

I'll insult my people all I feel the need to do so. And I'll compliment them all I feel the need to do so.

I don't hate the midwest at all - it will always be my home, and is always a comfort to return to, no matter how long I am out of it.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

49. I'd like the au gratin potatoes...

hold the cheese. :rofl:

[Fleshdancer]

50. I don't know....

Any American attempting a second language is a good first step...even when failing miserably.

[Left Is Write]

52. Hey, buddy! How about some salsa sauce?

[Fox Mulder]

53. A lot of stupid Minnesotans do that.

Certainly not the Minnesotans who are on the DU, of course. :)

[trof]

55. I think you have saddle burr-sitis.

;-)

[DS1]

57. Dude, the mid-west is obviously not for you. You're better off just

avoiding it.

[Spider Jerusalem]

59. I'd like a café au lait...and can I get that with milk?

[Sugar Smack]

60. *apoplectic*

:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

can_not_control_same_rage.