Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Gourmand

Among the words that takes on a funny twist in translation is ‘Gourmand’. 
In English, people use this interchangeably with ‘gourmet’ – an epicurian lover of food. 
In the original French, it’s not a noun, it’s an adjective.  ‘Un homme gourmand’ is indeed ‘a man who loves food’, but the suggestion is that (how do we put this delicately) quality is not so important as is quantity.  

It’s not a compliment. 

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