All things English/American

Merlin · 05-09-2011, 05:21 PM

Yuck to marmite*speets*

05-09-2011, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Merlin

Yuck to marmite*speets*

Ya poof! Marmite puts 'airs on yer chest man!

Merlin · 05-09-2011, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Incubus

Ya poof! Marmite puts 'airs on yer chest man!

Ha .. Don't need em .. Butch enough =p

Merlin · 05-09-2011, 05:39 PM

Have any of you americans had a fry up or a Sunday dinner ??

Sparkle · 05-09-2011, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Merlin

Have any of you americans had a fry up or a Sunday dinner ??

I make a goooood sunday roast, my former mother-in-law taught me how to disguise the parsnips as roast potatoes too.

I'm not fan of milky tea, and I detest instant coffee...but I managed just fine in blighty.

05-09-2011, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Sparkle

I make a goooood sunday roast, my former mother-in-law taught me how to disguise the parsnips as roast potatoes too.

I'm not fan of milky tea, and I detest instant coffee...but I managed just fine in blighty.

Roast parsnips are yum and a must with Sunday lunch.

Now here we get what I think is a funny usage of UK English...

Do you 'mericans (to include all the races and nationalities who inhabit North America where this website is based) have dinner at lunch-time and tea at dinner time? Or is it always lunch in the middle of the day and dinner or supper at the end of the day?

Merlin I bet you have dinner and tea don't ya? I do at home but with Un-Mrs.I we have lunch and dinner.

How about you other Brits here too?

Bit · 05-09-2011, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Incubus

Do you 'mericans (to include all the races and nationalities who inhabit North America where this website is based) have dinner at lunch-time and tea at dinner time? Or is it always lunch in the middle of the day and dinner or supper at the end of the day?

I grew up always having lunch in the middle of the day, supper as the evening meal, and "dinner" only when it was formal--like the lunchtime "Sunday dinner." Tea time, as I understand it, is earlier than supper time; supper was always after work, so anywhere between 5:30 and 7 p.m.

Sparkle · 05-10-2011, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Incubus

Roast parsnips are yum and a must with Sunday lunch.

Now here we get what I think is a funny usage of UK English...

Do you 'mericans (to include all the races and nationalities who inhabit North America where this website is based) have dinner at lunch-time and tea at dinner time? Or is it always lunch in the middle of the day and dinner or supper at the end of the day?

Merlin I bet you have dinner and tea don't ya? I do at home but with Un-Mrs.I we have lunch and dinner.

How about you other Brits here too?

I love parsnips too. But my former partner and her sisters did not, hence the incognito.

On holidays and Sundays I have dinner late-midday and occasionally tea (tea the meal, not the drink

in the evening. Otherwise it is breakfast/lunch & dinner. Or brunch & supper on the weekends when time and schedules are more fluid.

Starbuck · 05-13-2011, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Incubus

Roast parsnips are yum and a must with Sunday lunch.

Now here we get what I think is a funny usage of UK English...

Do you 'mericans (to include all the races and nationalities who inhabit North America where this website is based) have dinner at lunch-time and tea at dinner time? Or is it always lunch in the middle of the day and dinner or supper at the end of the day?

Merlin I bet you have dinner and tea don't ya? I do at home but with Un-Mrs.I we have lunch and dinner.

How about you other Brits here too?

This one is a funny disagreement between my dad and myself. He calls the three meals breakfast-dinner-supper.
I USED to call it that until I went into the Army and was "retrained" to call it breakfast-lunch-dinner...and you can have tea with any meal you want. I usually drink iced tea (no sweetner) unless I'm sick then it's hot tea with honey.

StillettoDoll · 05-09-2011, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Merlin

Have any of you americans had a fry up or a Sunday dinner ??

Not anymore! frying is bad for you .

But Sunday fried chicken yum. Use to too make that alot, with mashed potatoes.

Bit · 05-09-2011, 06:47 PM

What's a "fry up"?

Formal Sunday dinner here used to be almost a cultural icon, but I think most people today probably are more casual.

Marmite sounds rather... um... powerful.

I've been enjoying the thread; thank you for starting it, Merlin.

Venus007 · 05-10-2011, 05:43 AM

I grew up eating an Ulster fry on weekends and holidays but my family is Irish (Antrim). We also added fried potatoes with onion because it wasn't heart attackie enough, lol.

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Have any of you Americans had a fry up or a Sunday dinner ??

05-09-2011, 05:21 PM	#1
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Merlin Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Preferred Pronoun?: Knight in shining armour. Relationship Status: Spoken for Join Date: May 2011 Location: England Posts: 250 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 87 Thanked 547 Times in 170 Posts Rep Power: 6763777	Have any of you americans had a fry up or a Sunday dinner ?? __________________ https://youtu.be/IWvEXChflEE

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Bit Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Stonefemme Relationship Status: married to Gryph Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 2,177 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,126 Thanked 3,772 Times in 1,264 Posts Rep Power: 10778869	What's a "fry up"? Formal Sunday dinner here used to be almost a cultural icon, but I think most people today probably are more casual. Marmite sounds rather... um... powerful. I've been enjoying the thread; thank you for starting it, Merlin.