Vocabulary question.

[Rusty Nails]

I was in the Costa Coffee shop in Strensham Services today. They were selling pigs-in-blankets in Mac-n-Cheese.

Yum yum.....not!

 

[nickyboy]

It's the difference between French and English
English has always accepted new words (hell, loads of them are French anyway) and has been happy to change words and evolve
French, on the other hand, resists change to its language and most definitely doesn't like the Anglicisation of it.
Spagbol, prepper...all part of language evolution

 

[raleighnut]

Love it in this house, with bacon and leek with mustard

As for spag bol, my Mum always called it that as far back as I can remember. SWMBO insists on the full proper name mind

I cook both , if it's got Mince, Mushrooms and Herbs it's a 'Spaggybol' but if I make it with finely diced Steak and Pancetta it is a Bolognese

 

[Profpointy]

People who begin sentences with the word "so" all the time. So annoying.

So. The Spear-Danes in days gone by
And the kings who ruled them had courage and greatness

 

[swee'pea99]

Brifter instead of brake lever/shifter.

I've never understood the hostility to brifter. And I speak as a paid up language pedant. The component is a thing that only entered the world relatively recently, so there is no 'correct' word for it. Given that we need to come up with one, what in God's name makes a tortuous construction like 'brake lever/shifter' preferable to the neat, easy, two syllable 'brifter'? Seriously, can someone explain?

 

[PeteXXX]

Grexit! Look what those pesky Greeks started!!

 

[PK99]

Spaghetti Bolognese has always been a cullinary and linguistic oxymoron. There is no such dish in Italian cooking. Ragu Bolognese is served with a ribbon paste to hold the sauce. I've been cooking English Spag Bol for 45 years since going to Uni.

The American dish Mac & Cheese is very different in most recipes from the nursery food Macaroni Cheese my mum used to cook. Incidentally, the only form of pasta she ever cooked.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

People are lazy.

 

[Levo-Lon]

People who begin sentences with the word "so" all the time. So annoying.

Interviewing students on tv... Like, like like like like

Then after 10 likes in 2 sentences were supposed to take them seriously

 

[Levo-Lon]

What's wrong with prepped, you prep a job eg "can you prep that car" or "can you get that food prepped" you wouldn't say can you do the preparation work on that car or food.

But yes the English language has changed vastly since i was a school kid.

On pointless the other day the word Color was allowed as its now in the dictionary
As was valor, well that's just wrong even by my dislexik standards.
For context, they wanted 5 letter words in the Oxford dictionary ending in OR

I blame spellcheck

 

[IaninSheffield]

Interviewing students on tv... Like, like like like like

Then after 10 likes in 2 sentences were supposed to take them seriously

Wasn't sure whether 'Liking' this post was appropriate, under the circumstances 😉

 

[biggs682]

Do people still eat Macaroni cheese? Not heard of that for years foul stuff.

Our local Toby carvery have it on a regular basis

 

[Oldbloke]

It's the difference between French and English
English has always accepted new words (hell, loads of them are French anyway) and has been happy to change words and evolve
French, on the other hand, resists change to its language and most definitely doesn't like the Anglicisation of it.
Spagbol, prepper...all part of language evolution

That may be true so far as the language protection bods go, but there are numerous English words widely used here; ie, le parking, jogging, snack, fast food, weekend; also many TV ads combine both languages.

 

[BoldonLad]

Rear mech instead of rear derailleur.

Brifter instead of brake lever/shifter.

Cyclists are so bloody lazy.

I would own up to being just a little bit lazy, but, in this instance, I would use "mech", because, I would struggle to spell "der.... "

 

[Deleted member 26715]

"For sure", is one I find strange, it seems to be restricted to people whose first language is not English & involved in sport, I wonder where it comes from.