Dishes that have the same names in different places but are essentially different

[Aitch]

Long list here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_sign

[Kevin S]

Yes, "we" really do do this here

Sorry if it's been mentioned as I've not read the whole thread, but I've seen this thing called ox-eye eggs, or bullseye eggs.

[Jah Womble]

Urban Dictionary reckons only one donkey;

https://www.urbandictionary.com/defi...ey%27s%20years

Urban Dictionary is wrong (or mistaken) then - as was I when I posted initially.

Otherwise one would surely say 'a donkey's years'.

[Femme Folle]

Sorry if it's been mentioned as I've not read the whole thread, but I've seen this thing called ox-eye eggs, or bullseye eggs.

I don't care what you call it, I want one now. I could make myself one for lunch, but I don't have the right bread. I'm very particular about the kind of bread I use for different types of sandwiches or eggy bread. For this, it has to be a nice hearty white bread (and for the Americans in the house, I don't mean Wonder Bread--I mean like Vermont organic country white bread or similar). I only have Dave's Killer Bread, which is great for toast and non egg based sandwiches. Actually, I think it might be OK for this too. I'm hungry, so regular bread rules are hereby suspended.

[Sporting]

Urban Dictionary is wrong (or mistaken) then - as was I when I posted initially.

Otherwise one would surely say 'a donkey's years'.

You're probably right.

Logically, then, it's "for fucks' sake" and not "for fuck's sake"?

[ursus arctos]

Is it?

Compare "I don't give a fuck" to "She has no fucks to give"

[Bored Of Education]

That’s me. I don’t do runny and I eat in the car.

I see how both of those statements would go together.

[Bored Of Education]

Hold on, hold on, no-one's going to ask what the fuck was going on with the egg yolk scene?

[ursus arctos]

You've never seen Tampopo?

You need to get that taken care of.

[Jah Womble]

You're probably right.

Logically, then, it's "for fucks' sake" and not "for fuck's sake"?

Well, not really, because 'f*ck' simply replaces 'Christ' or 'God' in that instance. ('Sake' belongs to 'Christ/God/f*ck', so it's a singular possessive apostrophe.)

[DCI Harry Batt]

Fuck's sake.

Donkey's years

Dog's bollocks

Bee's knees

[Jah Womble]

Donkeys' years.

You'll note that all the others are singular and preceded by a definite article. ('F*ck's sake' doesn't fit into the same category.)

[DCI Harry Batt]

Makes no sense in the plural. Together, even houseflies have a lot of years.

[treibeis]

Makes no sense in the plural. Together, even houseflies have a lot of years.

It does. As Jah Womble said, it's preceded by a definite article.

"Fuck's sake" is a substitute for "Christ's sake". There was only one Christ. All right, there was NO Christ, but you know what I mean.

[DCI Harry Batt]

Nope. It makes none. None at all. Why would lots of donkeys having lots of years be remarkable? Answer - it isn't.

[Sporting]

Most of the examples (going back donkeys years) in this link are in the singular form:

https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2...eys-years.html

[treibeis]

Nope. It makes none. None at all. Why would lots of donkeys having lots of years be remarkable? Answer - it isn't.

I don't know how long your average donkey lives (although I know it's not long enough; I like almost nothing, but I like donkeys).

But it's irrelevant here, as are houseflies. I'm sure some Linguistics professor called Nigel could state a case for both apostrophe positions, but his theories would be weakened by the fact that he's a cunt.

As I am, but for other reasons, but I'm right.

[Exiled off Main Street]

Which one did you work in? Would be kind of funny if you worked at the same one I always went to (Somerville Ave).

I worked in the one in Porter Square for 2 years (1990-92) Started waiting tables, moved to host... It's now a Target.

[Femme Folle]

That's so weird--we might have met.

[Balderdasha]

I haven't seen Tampopo but that clip has given me a vivid reminder of a French art house film called The Dreamers.

Back when I was at university, every year on Valentine's Day, there was a massive blind date organised. If you wanted to take part, I think you paid £5 to charity and filled in a form. You could state your gender, whether you were single or already in a relationship, and which gender you were interested in being set up with (male, female or don't care). The woman wrote on the paper where and when the date would start (I don't know what happened for men who wanted to meet men). All my friends used to go on the dates and we would always arrange a backup place to meet if the date wasn't going well.

Anyway, second year, I think I was single and I met this guy in the bar of the local art house theatre. It was immediately clear that we had nothing in common to talk about. He was a choir scholar, very straight-laced, an evangelical Christian and I'm fairly sure that he should really have ticked the other box about which gender he was interested in. I panicked and suggested we go and watch the next film that was showing, so we didn't have to chat much. I figured at least then we would have something to discuss afterwards.

The film that was showing next was 'the dreamers'. It had very little description on the ticket and we went straight in. I couldn't remember the name of the film but I just found it by googling 'French art house film twin incest fried eggs running through the Louvre' which is a particularly odd combination to now have in my search history.

Suffice to say, we still didn't have anything to say to each other after the film.

[willie1foot]

Sorry if it's been mentioned as I've not read the whole thread, but I've seen this thing called ox-eye eggs, or bullseye eggs.

I've got friends from the North east (near Middlesbrough who call that 'eggy bread'.

[Flynnie]

I don't care what you call it, I want one now. I could make myself one for lunch, but I don't have the right bread. I'm very particular about the kind of bread I use for different types of sandwiches or eggy bread. For this, it has to be a nice hearty white bread (and for the Americans in the house, I don't mean Wonder Bread--I mean like Vermont organic country white bread or similar). I only have Dave's Killer Bread, which is great for toast and non egg based sandwiches. Actually, I think it might be OK for this too. I'm hungry, so regular bread rules are hereby suspended.

Dave's Killer Bread is great for anything, including egg based sandwiches.

[Femme Folle]

Flynnie it is the best. I had to buy another brand the other day and discovered that it has ruined me for any other bread.

[Flynnie]

Flynnie it is the best. I had to buy another brand the other day and discovered that it has ruined me for any other bread.

Yeah, most of my time in the UK is spent trying to find a sliced loaf as good as DKB.

[Guy Profumo]

Apropos the mention upthread of eggy bread.

Eggy bread is french toast, surely?


Apologies if this has already been mentioned.

And as for nonsense that's Welsh rarebit.

Welsh rabbit.

People who say rarebit pronounced phoenix as foe-nicks when they were at school.

And liked Crackerjack.