Why in English - 'Enjoy you meal' but in another european languages 'Guten appetit', ' Bon appetit' and so on?
for answerers: This question is not about learning Enlish! It is cultural difference and I want to know why. Please don't aswer me in a way "You shouldn't ask why or you never learn English". Thanks
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I think it's also because English has a somewhat different culture than the European mainland. Maybe it has more Keltic influences, whereas the mainland has mostly Germanic influences.
I think the geographic isolation may be the biggest cause of these (small) differences.
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There is more than one expression used in the English speaking world. Don't forget that most Americans originated from the European Continent.
Formal:
Have a good meal, dinner, breakfast, etc
Enjoy your meal, dinner, breakfast, etc.
Good appetite.......also used
Bon appetit............borrowed from the French
I hope you will find everything to your taste.
Hearty appetite.
Enjoy!
etc.
Informal:
chow down
eat hearty
eat up
dig in
etc.
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Then there's that terrible old joke about British cooking...
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i suppose it's because it was fairly common in europe to be bilingual (and still is in comparison to america) I guess it sounds more "fancy" In america, we think french words sound fancy ~_^
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Sounds better
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