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[frequent]

It puzzled me also; maybe in his cups?

It's obviously a play on words - Joe mis-spelling Nop as Mop, and someone offering accommodation described as accommodating. It's really not that hard

[scottish-guy]

It puzzled me also; maybe in his cups?

Hot on the heels of speculation that you are not French at all, you hit out with an expression "in his cups" - i.e. drunk, that I've only ever heard in the North of England!

What complicated persona you are, Francois!

[frequent]

... "in his cups" - i.e. drunk, that I've only ever heard in the North of England!:

I've remarked before on the sheltered life you lead. In this case a simple Google search will show you the error of your assumptions

[Smiles]

What complicated persona you are, Francois!

Indeed ... charmingly so.

[paborn]

Hot on the heels of speculation that you are not French at all, you hit out with an expression "in his cups" - i.e. drunk, that I've only ever heard in the North of England!

What complicated persona you are, Francois!

Scotty, your view is very narrow. Frequent suggested, rightly, a google search. Let me add: one of the things about the U.S. that many miss because of our huge movie, TV and pop culture facade is the fact that our people come from everywhere. "in his cups" is very common here. It puts me in mind of a visit to Amsterdam. Whe purchasing some French Fries ( chips my friend ) the seller concluded that I'm English because I asked for viniger. Not so, I'm a child who attended the Bloomsburg state fair in Pennsylvania as a "wee lad" - see some appalachians use "wee" as they are descended from the Scotch - Irish settlers.

Also, puts me in mind of Spanish tourists to ranch areas of our deep south west - not the glitzy tourist areas but where the people live. The Spanish sometimes think they are being insulted by being addressed in the stilted, archaic Spanish of the area. They are amazed to learn that the are hearing 17th century Spanish unchanged in the households since they were cut off from Spain.

My long way of saying, you can learn nothing from a simple turn of phrase.

[sglad]

Let me add: one of the things about the U.S. that many miss because of our huge movie, TV and pop culture facade is the fact that our people come from everywhere. "in his cups" is very common here. It puts me in mind of a visit to Amsterdam. Whe purchasing some French Fries ( chips my friend ) the seller concluded that I'm English because I asked for viniger. Not so, I'm a child who attended the Bloomsburg state fair in Pennsylvania as a "wee lad" - see some appalachians use "wee" as they are descended from the Scotch - Irish settlers.

Also, puts me in mind of Spanish tourists to ranch areas of our deep south west - not the glitzy tourist areas but where the people live. The Spanish sometimes think they are being insulted by being addressed in the stilted, archaic Spanish of the area. They are amazed to learn that the are hearing 17th century Spanish unchanged in the households since they were cut off from Spain.

My long way of saying, you can learn nothing from a simple turn of phrase.

Excellent post on the dangers of stereotyping and pidgeon-holing, paborn. This should be pinned somewhere. There's an idiot on this forum who's been saying I can't be where I say I'm from because of my English skills and the way I write as if he's met the myriad of Singaporeans who make up our 5.6 million population.

[sglad]

Hot on the heels of speculation that you are not French at all, you hit out with an expression "in his cups" - i.e. drunk, that I've only ever heard in the North of England!

scottish-guy, I think you're biased against francois because he likes cheap meatloaf and therefore can't possibly be French!

[paborn]

Or, perhaps, so French that he can devise a souce to make cheap meatloaf worthy of a cordon Bleau.

[francois]

scottish-guy, I think you're biased against francois because he likes cheap meatloaf and therefore can't possibly be French!

Francois eats cheap meatloaf, that doesn't mean he likes it.

[francois]

Hot on the heels of speculation that you are not French at all, you hit out with an expression "in his cups" - i.e. drunk, that I've only ever heard in the North of England!

What complicated persona you are, Francois!

A very common expression I learned from my British friends. Also in the Bible /King James Version.

A French expression is avoir un verre dans le nez (have a drink in the nose) but uncommon in English.

As for being French I am reminded of that great cinema "La Cage Aux Folles" where Jacob, the black maid elucidates:

"I've been called nigger and I've been called queer but I've never been called French".