I discovered last night that although there is a French word for kettle – bouilloire – kettles are not common in French kitchens. More or less every kitchen in the UK, and Ireland, has a kettle, and a toaster (grille-pain) – they are considered essential equipment. However, according to a friend who used to live in France, French kitchens generally don’t have kettles, or toasters. Teapots are probably rare as well.
Is this true? What other things are normally found in kitchens where you live?
So even though there may be a word for something in another language, it might not be commonly-used (either the word or the thing it describes).
Here’s a tune I wrote called The Kettle / Y Tecell:
