View Single Post
Old 07-31-2011, 11:01 AM   #173
Sundae
polaroid of perfection
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 24,185
Quote:
Originally Posted by Clodfobble View Post
Are you suggesting that "a round of sandwiches" is an Americanism?
Not at all. I never considered it foreign, unless I meant "foreign to me".
I just don't get it.

I worked out that a round of sandwiches was effectively a sandwich. Which seemed a con. Two slices of bread is a SANDWICH - no other words need to be introduced.
But then we have a round of toast. Which surely has to mean two slices of toast, right? No. Not always.

And then I grew out of the chip on my shoulder which said anything I didn't undertsand was my fault and I was stupid for asking. "A round of sandwiches [toast]? What is that exactly?" And you know what? I'm still not sure.

Slightly OT, but when people asked for a wine spritzer I also had to ask whether they meant wine with sparkling water or lemonade. Pretty much everyone looked at me as if I was thicker than a whale omelette. But the truth is they were probably split 60/40 as to what comprises a spritzer, and I did not appreciate taking the wrong drink out of my wages at the end of the night. Yeah okay, I drinked it, but only when I was offered a drink by a customer, and if it was a wine/ lemonade mix it was yukky.
Sundae is offline   Reply With Quote