First, if it’s a “correct English term,” it should be in a dictionary, which it’s not–at least, not in the OED and not in Webster’s Third International.
Second, it is indeed French, from the verb restaurer, to restore. Etymologically, a restaurant is something that restores, and a restaurateur is one who restores. There is no French word restauranteur.
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Mirriam-Webster (see variants)
Harper-Collins.
You’re right about OED, though: Oxford lists it as a misspelling.
I’d still argue “restauranteur” is more correct than “restauranter,” though.
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There certainly is an inverse exponential relationship between rank of a baby name and number of babies born with that name. I don’t know exactly what it is because the SSA is either no longer making this info available or if they’ve changed their UI since the last time I tried to look something like this up. Either way, I can’t tell if the trend is because of the war or not. I would expect the name to disappear off the list completely by sometime in the early 1940s, and I’m surprised this wasn’t the case.
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I’d argue that both are wrong, but “restauranter” is more correct than “restauranteur”. Restauranteur is a misspelled word, but restauranter (pronounced like restaurant but with an -er at the end) could be a viable English-language replacement for the load word restaurateur.
Now the word restaurant is looking funny to me.
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Of course; most “borrow” words do, after all.
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Disagree. One does not restaurant. It is not a verb (edit: In English. Yes, it is a verb in French).
Restaurantier might be a viable replacement for restaurateur.
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If you can borrow random words from other languages, you can also verb them.
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I suppose you could, but “restaurantier” sounds better.
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“Less-common usage” is the way modern dictionaries, which are descriptive rather than prescriptive, indicate what some people now say. I’ve already admitted to being a radical prescriptivist reactionary, and I believe that what people say is not always correct. I also believe that not everything that comes up on google is necessarily accurate. No need to call names if your argument is solid.
To my surprise, “restuaranter” is actually in the dictionary–I thought I had made it up.
I’m not pushing for it to be used! I prefer “restaurateur.”
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You never know. I did tobacco compliance checks for my city as a 17 year old. One place that I went to had been given a citation recently so when I came in looking for cigarettes they were onto us immediately. They asked to see my ID and then refused to give it back to me. Then they wouldn’t let me leave and called the police. I was forced to stay inside until the supervisor came to see why it took me so long. I definitely did not feel safe in there. Nasty people who have been caught in the past can become nastier quick, and they may not think of which consequence is worse.
As a bonus story there was also a cashier who tried to enter my birth date to sell to me. The entry didn’t go through so she double checked the “do not sell” calendar, got confused, looked at my ID and tried again, and it failed again. She got more confused and asked if I was 18. I said “no” and then she gave my ID back, typed something into the register, and sold to me anyway.
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The fact that the police are happy to try and send you to jail/fine you for making trivial statements of fact in a country where you have freedom of speech is a sure sign that all cats, are in fact, beautiful.
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Pardon? You do realize that’s exactly what the law requires them to do, correct, re: your 1st example?
And yeah, wow, that lady is… Um… “Challenged” ^^’ .
My favorite part of that brief scene is that he’s carrying a second skateboard in his other hand.
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Ah! That must be why my Salt 44 restaurant is doing so badly!
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it might depend on the state.
in my state, a store and the employee can be fined for selling ( not just serving ) beer to some one intoxicated. you even have to take a short test which includes multiple choice questions (!) regarding how to tell if someone is intoxicated.
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Or the owners could be Nazinese
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There are alcohol safety courses and certs nation wide. The big one is TIPS. It’s not typically mandated by law. But it’s increasingly important. Employees with such certs give a business a big liability shield in the event they’re sued.
Both a restaurant and the employee can be sued if some one drives drunk and someone gets hurt. Getting a cert and following the steps (standard ones most already learned the hard way) out lined there in can limit or remove your liability for some one else’s actions. But they don’t really effect the chance you might be arrested or charged. And it has little pull with the liquor board. Though because of that whole officer’s/da’s discretion thing it can convince the authorities it’s inappropriate to go after some one.
It creates a weird situation where an employee might be penalized but the business won’t be.
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Funny, 44 is actually unlucky in Mandarin/Cantonese.
The number 4 sounds like the word “die/dead”. It’s usage in business is almost the complete opposite of 88. But I wonder if Chinese morgues or goths like to use it.
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The point is that @anon15383236 didn’t know that information, and came to a probably-reasonable conclusion in its absence.
I found the name of the restaurant head-scratching myself. Which is why I looked it up, which is why I found the information I did, which is how I was able to post it, so that they and others might cease not knowing it.
I’m not trying to suggest anyone was unreasonable, just passing along information I discovered.
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