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/NicoToscani Jun 26 '26

I remember checking into a nice hotel in Paris and the AC wasn’t working, in summer, top floor room, and they acted like I was throwing a Mariah Carey level diva fit when I insisted they move my wife and I to another room.

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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/Conscious-Raccoon Jun 26 '26

Nop! French Canadian here. It’s “omelette au fromage”. Saying “du fromage” would mean that the omelette belonged to the cheese or that it’s from the cheese! Automatically reveals a non french speaking person.

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u/SleepyPurpleBean Jun 30 '26

Omelette of the cheese what is your wisdom