Is it really that important?

Taglines has run the story of the "controversy" of whether the viennoiserie in our boulangeries should be called a "pain au chocolat" or a "chocolatine". As a source of humour it has a value - someone even published a map to show that North Korean missiles would not reach as far as the Gironde, the line of demarcation.
Now a local assembly member has proposed an amendment to the code rural to enshrine the name as having a regional and cultural significance. For Aurelien Pradie, member for the Lot, considers that the name signifies a local pride, historically founded in the Gascon region.
Now, as the Bard would probably have it, a pain au chocolat by any other  name tastes just as sweet. We will continue to ask for a chocolatine, but when our friends in the north visit they get served just as easily.
Frankly, as an assembly member M Pradie must have better things to do. I'm off for a coffee and croissant.
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