So many delightfully apropos English words begin with "french". A few examples:

• french roast - dark and flavorful, my favorite coffee variety
• french fries - greasy salty slivers of potato perfection
• french curves - lovely-in-themselves drafting tools for interpolating tangents
• french toast - a gastronomic genius combination of fried-egg and browned-bread
• french braids - tightly-coiled eye-catching hair
• french horns - strident, powerful musical instruments
• french vanilla - superlatively rich yellow-white ice cream
• french defense - a solid and crusty chess opening for black
• french bread - inimitable baguettes and batards
• french kissing - ... (^_^) ...

And, more obscurely, the french drop: a subtle sleight-of-hand maneuver to vanish a coin during its passage from one hand to another. French magic ...

_{(see also HelloSailor (1 May 2003), ... )}

TopicLanguage - TopicHumor - 2004-01-16

(correlates: RipTide, PeripheralPunditry, Purpose of a Poem, ...)

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