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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can I spin off a little here (I love the linguistics discussion)-

when I am eating at a french (or italian, etc) restaurant located in the US with multiple courses as being discussed here, I never know if it is fine to order just from the pasta course or whichever. Given portion sizes these days, I do not have a big enough appetite to get a salad course and a pasta course and a meat course, but feel like I am making a faux paux by ordering just the salad and pasta and saying please bring my pasta as the main course.

also, does your answer change if I am actually in france or italy?[/quote]

In the US you order exactly what you want. 'Merica. Sometimes I just like 2 appetizers or 1 app and dessert.
I have no idea what to do in Italy. I find it ridiculous to eat pasta and then a whole meat course. But I also am not a fast/eat nothing and then gorge type of person (you will find me on Thanksgiving threads stating this). I think in Italy you are expected to linger and I also hate that. I eat to live and can't really be bothered with a long meal with lots of courses. I have things to do. I feel like more and more people are this way now. [/quote]

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