Re: "quiproquo"

quip roquo is vulgar Latin for a joke request.
But quid pro'quo is a store in Britannia selling everything for near a quid=
.

On Sat, 7 Dec 2019 at 21:22, Maria Luisa <[email protected]>
wrote:

> In fact, the American way to say it is =E2=80=9Cquid pro quo=E2=80=9D, wh=
ich means
> something in exchange for something else, while in Europe we use =E2=80=
=9Cqui pro
> quo=E2=80=9D, as misunderstanding, i. E. As you had used qui instead of q=
uo in a
> sentence.
> Best,
> Maria Luisa
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Dec 7, 2019, at 12:03 PM, Marcello Nobili <[email protected]=
>
> wrote:
> >
> > =EF=BB=BFLatin "qui pro quo" in current Italian usage means a misunders=
tanding.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Marcello
> >
> >> Il giorno sab 7 dic 2019 alle ore 20:06 DANIEL P. Tompkins <
> >> [email protected]> ha scritto:
> >>
> >> Working through a French essay right now I come across the word
> >> *quiproquo*,
> >> which translates as "misunderstanding."  Not exactly what the White
> House
> >> means.  It's always intriguing when the same word can mean two differe=
nt
> >> things in different countries (I had examples but have of course
> forgotten
> >> them).
> >>
> >>
> >> Would love to hear from someone who's actually worked on this.
> >>
> >> Dan
> >>
>