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With milk, apparently.
''With milk'', apparently.


==ANNOTATION==
==Annotation==
For those, like me, who puzzled for ages over this one, it's because the [[Roundworld]] Spanish "'''¡Olé!'''" sounds ''very'' much like the [[Quirmian]] (Roundworld French) for "''au lait''", which is literally, "with milk", as in "''café au lait''".


For those, like me, who puzzled for ages over this one, it's because the [[Roundworld]] Spanish "'''Olé!'''" sounds ''very'' much like the [[Quirmian]] (Roundworld French) for "''au lait''", which is literally, "with milk", as in "''café au lait''".


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Latest revision as of 10:12, 8 March 2014

With milk, apparently.

Annotation

For those, like me, who puzzled for ages over this one, it's because the Roundworld Spanish "¡Olé!" sounds very much like the Quirmian (Roundworld French) for "au lait", which is literally, "with milk", as in "café au lait".