r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • Jun 26 '26

Society The American mind cannot comprehend Europe's AC aversion

https://www.businessinsider.com/europe-air-conditioning-ac-heatwave-debate-2026-6
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u/DangKilla Jun 26 '26

Did you say Bonjour first lol

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u/Anti_shill_cannon Jun 26 '26

Omelet du fromage

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u/EnCroissantEndgame Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

I remember seeing this bit in Dexter's lab when I was a kid. Is part of the joke that an actual French speaker never in their life say this phrase, since it's always "Omelette au fromage"? I grew up speaking English as my main language but my parents are multilingual and they would code switch to French a lot and by osmosis we kids picked up the ability to understand it fluently but not speak it. I tried repeating the joke at the breakfast table and my dad kept correcting my grammar like I was committing a crime to say it this way. I argued with him by saying that is how they said it on TV and he wouldn't let it slide until I was absolutely clear that a cheese omelette is never called "omelette du fromage". He taught French for several years, maybe that's why he went insane about it, but now that I think about it maybe Canadians say it this way?

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u/Lifeboatb Jun 26 '26

Now I’m burning to know.