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1 {scene: The labyrinth. Now Monty has gone over to speak to Haken and Erwin, followed by Minnesota Jones. This leaves Dr Smith and Prof. Jones together.}
1 Prof. Jones: So you're Russian, eh?
1 Ginny: Da.
2 Prof. Jones: I went to Russia once. Really good food there. Nice and hearty.
3 Prof. Jones: I had this stew, delicious. Made with beet roots, potatoes, and cabbage, garnished with sour cream.
4 Ginny: Borscht.
4 Prof. Jones: No, it's true I tell you!
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Professor Jones notwithstanding, borscht is indeed a stew whose principal ingredient is beet roots.
Normally I use straight up Australian English when writing comics, but this time I made a deliberate rewording to accomodate those whose native tongue is American English. The vegetable Americans call beet is called beetroot in Australia (and the UK). By using the space between "beet" and "roots" I figure that the text flows easily for readers of both linguistic stripes, whereas if I'd used "beetroot", some American readers might be wondering what I was talking about. Yes, the connection is reasonably obvious, but avoiding a speed bump in the reader's concentration is usually desirable.
Beetroot, by the way, is an essential ingredient in Australian hamburgers. The absolute bare minimum of ingredients for a proper (i.e. Australian) hamburger are:
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