baptiser

Pourquoi on ne baptise pas la suite présidentielle ?
Why don't you and I christen the presidential suite?
Comme on ne baptise pas « lapin » une carpe, on ne baptise pas « chocolat », par exemple, une mignardise anglo-saxonne à la subtile saveur de lotion après-rasage.
Just as you do not call a carp a rabbit, you do not give the name of chocolate to what is simply an Anglo-Saxon sweet with all the subtle flavouring of aftershave.
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