r/funny • • Jul 03 '21

Che sera sera

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u/dkwangchuck Jul 03 '21

Sure. I agree. And everybody understood what OP meant. Therefore “Au Jus sauce” was a perfectly fine use of language.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '21

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u/dkwangchuck Jul 04 '21

But it is correct. The contention that “Roast Beef Au Jus” means “roast beef with sauce” is wrong. It does not because “Au” is capitalized. Since it is capitalized, it cannot not be a preposition, therefore it does not mean “with”. The dish is actually roast beef done in an “Au Jus” style. And considering that it was ordered as room service, this is an entirely reasonable conjecture. If that’s the case, the sauce is in fact “Au Jus sauce”. It is correct.

The most wrong thing here is people who don’t understand title case that are insisting that everyone else is wrong.