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[kattya]

Dear all,

I need help with some translation. I´m translating Helen Fielding´s
Bridget Jones Diary and I got to a phrase saying ..."while puting
crosses in the end of sprouts". No further explanation or sequence
from which I could learn the meaning. It doesn´t even have any
equivalence in my language. Does anyone know what it means?


Thanks a lot.

[Richard Polhill]

Post by kattya
Dear all,
I need help with some translation. I´m translating Helen Fielding´s
Bridget Jones Diary and I got to a phrase saying ..."while puting
crosses in the end of sprouts". No further explanation or sequence
from which I could learn the meaning. It doesn´t even have any
equivalence in my language. Does anyone know what it means?
Thanks a lot.

Sprouts would be brussels sprouts: small brassicas
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_sprouts) which are usually steamed or
boiled to cook. Making either a single cut or two cuts crossed in the severed
stalk end is how one ensures that the stalk cooks through at the same rate as
the rest of the sprout.

In England at least, without any other modifier or specific context, the noun
"sprout" would be assumed to mean a brussels sprout.

Hope this helps. Good luck.

Rich

[kattya]

Post by Richard Polhill

Post by kattya
Dear all,
I need help with some translation. I´m translating Helen Fielding´s
Bridget Jones Diary and I got to a phrase saying ..."while puting
crosses in the end of sprouts". No further explanation or sequence
from which I could learn the meaning. It doesn´t even have any
equivalence in my language. Does anyone know what it means?
Thanks a lot.

Sprouts would be brussels sprouts: small brassicas
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_sprouts) which are usually steamed or
boiled to cook. Making either a single cut or two cuts crossed in the severed
stalk end is how one ensures that the stalk cooks through at the same rate as
the rest of the sprout.
In England at least, without any other modifier or specific context, the noun
"sprout" would be assumed to mean a brussels sprout.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
Rich

Thank you a lot, Richard. It was very helpful :-)

Kate

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Post by kattya
Dear all,
I need help with some translation. I´m translating Helen Fielding´s
Bridget Jones Diary and I got to a phrase saying ..."while puting
crosses in the end of sprouts". No further explanation or sequence
from which I could learn the meaning. It doesn´t even have any
equivalence in my language. Does anyone know what it means?
Thanks a lot.

Read

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Sprouts+(game)

maybe the background will confirm this meaning.