Photographer Captured One Image of Cambridge Every Day for 13 Years

Re:Photographer Captured One Image of Cambridge Every Day fo... by gorgoiler on Saturday December 16, 2023 @01:34AM (#38662232)

They are sold in England with the French name baton:

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/256122878

It’s possible this is derived from an actual French name for this kind of short baguette, but it might also just be that someone thought it sounded French-ish, and that French people use no such word.

They are usually made to order from tubs of mayonnaise based fillings and pre-chopped salad. Here’s a closeup of one in its natural habitat:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g186225-d17303...

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Re:Photographer Captured One Image of Cambridge Every Day fo... by dieselgate on Saturday December 16, 2023 @02:02AM (#38662355)

Lived with a French guy in college and have found it's easy to mistake "baton" with "putain".

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Re:Photographer Captured One Image of Cambridge Every Day fo... by kmill on Saturday December 16, 2023 @01:44AM (#38662270)

Maybe it's translated to English -- a conductor's baton in French is a baguette after all.

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Re:Photographer Captured One Image of Cambridge Every Day fo... by stevenwoo on Saturday December 16, 2023 @11:19AM (#38665358)

Very helpful photo there. The ladies appear to have nearly empty baguettes from the angle of the photo. This reminds me of the French derived Banh Mi that is available in areas of California and Texas that I have lived due to the expat Vietnamese populations.

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Re:Photographer Captured One Image of Cambridge Every Day fo... by xwolfi on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @08:19PM (#38704365)

A baton is a "stick" in French. We do not use it for food, and the british are often using random French words to sound fancy.

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