"Mr Libido Incognito" > wrote in message
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> Nancy Young wrote on 26 Jan 2006 in rec.food.cooking
>
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>> "notbob" > wrote
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>> > On 2006-01-26, Dave Smith > wrote:
>> >
>> >> means that they are a variety with a tasty pod and not too
>> >> coarse a string.
>> >
>> > Now see, that's what I was talking about. Sure, different varieties
>> > have different seasons and different skins and pest resistance, etc,
>> > but I was referring mainly to a difference in taste. While I agree
>> > that you are essentially correct in that ***haricot verts*** means
> little
>> > more than green beans, I was looking for more that simple response,
>> > which you have provided under continued harassment (heh...).
>>
>> Hey, I got him to say something more clever than Green. Bean.
>> Didn't I?
>>
>> nancy
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> Wouldn't that be haricots vert...green beans ...not haricot
> verts...greens bean.

Not sure. In Spanish, a plural noun gets a plural adjective. Frijoles
negros - black beans. Perro negro - black dog. What about French?