Saturday, November 21, 2009

Panettone


This from the bottom of a cardboard box containing one Panettone, the popular Christmas loaf from Italy


Da consumarsi preferibilimente entro

A consommer de préfèrence avant le

A consumir preferentemente antes de

Best before

(and right below these, an imprint of the date)


The point I’m making is that the Romance languages are so much wordier than English.

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