The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for August 20, 2009
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Transcript:
King: Let you eat cake? Let you eat cake? Zees eez what weel happen zee next time you mention zee cake!! An event in Marie Antoinette's early childhood proved to be prophetic.
When I was first told the “let them eat cake” story, it was explained to me that Marie Antoinette was so naive about the reality of most people’s lives that, when she was told the poor had no bread, her response was to suggest they eat brioche. “Brioche” was thereafter exaggerated or mistranslated into “cake”. I have no idea whether that could have been true, but it’s my understanding that no such incident ever occurred.