I went out to buy some treats for a National Office staff meeting this morning – and the box offered me goût. We had a bit of fun thinking about gout in a box! Goût (pronounced gu) is French for taste – so “de bon goût” means in good taste - not "gout is good" which it really isn't! Goût, it turns out , is quite frequent in French idiom: à chacun son goût chacun son goût à chacun ses goûts, and chacun ses goûts all mean exactly the same thing - roughly translates as "each to their own taste" - or let's acknowledge the differences between people If you want to discuss the arthritic condition we know as gout in France you would speak of la goutte. |
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