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Here in Quebec, Canada, Pepsi has the biggest market share :P EDIT : 59.5% Pepsi for 25% Coke.
by Nosferax 17y ago
Here in Quebec, Canada, Pepsi has the biggest market share :P
EDIT : 59.5% Pepsi for 25% Coke.
- biohacker42 17y agoI red somewhere that in England doing things "the french way" mean doing them backwards or opposite of usual. Switching games or sports rules was known as playing french. This was allegedly due to British vs French empire rivalry
- khafra 17y agoI've read that about the Dutch: "Dutch treat," "Dutch auction," etc.
- iron_ball 17y agoI think using exotic or rival nationalities to "reverse" something is a common linguistic device -- in grade school, giving someone "cuts" meant letting them in the line before you, giving "Chinese cuts" meant letting them in behind you.
- halo 17y agoI'm British and have never heard that turn of phrase before. I'm not saying it doesn't exist, though.