Re: [OT] British vs. American English (was Re: Wow, Evolution left me with eggs in my face)
On Saturday 01 October 2011 21:39:29 Weaver wrote:
> On Sat, 1 Oct 2011 21:17:08 -0400 (EDT)
>
> Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com> wrote:
[snip]
> >
> > P.S. Don't ask for a napkin at a restaurant in Australia.
> > You'll get very strange looks! Ask for a serviette.
> > To them, a napkin is, um, well, never mind.
Oh! Good to know, mate.
Up to now I mistakenly asumed that Marmite and Vegemite were the only -
exasperating but harmless - differences between the island among the North Sea
and the Irish Sea and the vast island within the big southern pond.
(I don't know on how many toes I stepped with this oversimplification -
forgive me, please)
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Weaver went on weaving this in:
>
> Not too far out.
> The different teas are: morning tea, which is mid-morning; afternoon
> tea - mid-afternoon; Devonshire tea, which is usually with whipped
> cream rather than the original Devonshire clotted cream, because it's
> not available elsewhere and can be had at any time of day; and
> 'high-tea' which is a formal tea and in association with a light
> meal predominated by cakes and pastries. I believe this latter to be
> a translation of the german Kaffeklatszche (spelling?)
Kaffeeklatsch
But that's not a meal nor tea-time, it's a gossiping round of elderly ladies
around a coffee table at or around 5pm. The table loaded with cakes and cream
tarts and coffee in fine Meissen porcelain. The coffee in the pot maintained
warm by a hood made of kitchy crotchet work.
Most entertaining how this thread is turning and winding ;-)
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Eike Lantzsch ZP6CGE
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