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Originally Posted by Ukena
As to who said it and what it meant, I don't think anyone has ever come up with a specific citation for Shaw having said it. I think It's more like it's one of those witticisms that people figure must have been his since so many others were (a la the many Yogi-isms that Yogi never said). I've also seen it attributed to Oscar Wilde, who actually did say " "We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language," and to Churchill, and probably others. Churchill didn't literally say it, but he did write about Brit and American officials talking past each other at times because they used nearly identical expressions differently.
I've never understood it as Brits poking fun at American English. I've always understood it as commentary on Americans' and Brits sometimes being unable to understand each other despite ostensibly the same language. It's a mix of commentary on idioms having contradictory meanings in the two dialects and on the cultures being so different in some respects that using the same words doesn't prevent incomprehension.
Mordancy connotes "bitter" (literally biting), negative commentary. I just don't think this trope is unambiguously that. I think of it more as dry humor (a form of irony).
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09-15-2023 01:56 PM
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Nothing wrong with quaint Middle English words like scallion and faucet, which mostly just drifted out of "facioun" in England. The way you guys pronounce these words may be another matter John A. here sure writes pretty, though.
Regarding this thread, just wondering what Wes would have made of it, not that he would have made it past the first page. How did cats say WTF in those days?
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Well gee you guys, all I can see is every time I have one of those internet recipes from from the US, they always ask for cups of scallions and something called ‘kosher salt’
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Originally Posted by John A.
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Originally Posted by Christian Miller
Table salt is for chumps.
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Bottom line - the thread premise makes exactly 0 sense. theory is a reflection of actual sounds…there is no theory without the ear.
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Originally Posted by Chris236
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
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Originally Posted by pamosmusic
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Originally Posted by Christian Miller
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Originally Posted by Christian Miller
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Last edited by Jimmy Smith; 09-15-2023 at 06:22 PM.
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
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Originally Posted by John A.
Then somewhere along the line they became scallions. Reading this thread I wondered where I picked that up. I thought maybe Portland Oregon. Looks like it was my time in NYC. Now I hear both being used a lot. Anyone like scallion pancakes?
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Western Canada huh?…..I’m more interested in knowing if Sasquatch is real than onion nomenclature. Have you seen him by any chance?
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Not yet. Haven't really been looking for him though. I'm agnostic about Sasquatch, OgoPogo, Nessie and the like. Far more interested in onions. BTW I do enjoy a good 'koshering' of my pork chops.
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The residents of Texarkana are being stalked by a legendary beast.
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I've been stalked by a legendary beast my whole life. And yet I persevere!
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
But seriously do Americans beat their chest about their food? I suppose most haven’t traveled much.
Which is not to say I ate badly in the states, but I wouldn’t say there’s much difference to here.
I also object to the suggestion that Brits eat British cuisine. It’s all disgusting apart from the puddings and fish and chips. The latter is now so expensive that no one can afford it and the former is available only at posh schools and ‘Modern British restaurants’ who employ all the culinary arts of Paris to render our traditional faire palatable. For everyone else it’s the nosh of our former vassal nations.Last edited by Christian Miller; 09-16-2023 at 03:53 AM.
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Originally Posted by John A.
How is the Steve Howe 175?
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