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Old 07-20-2014, 09:43 AM
 
Location: Wonderland
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My grandmother (god rest her soul) could speak in proper yorkshire! Totally incomprehensible as it has it's roots in old Nordic / Germanic languages, not English!
I can relate - my aunt was Creole from New Orleans and spoke that New Orleans dialect that is a mixture of French, Spanish, English, and African. I used to love to listen to her lapse into that dialect when talking with someone else from that area.
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Old 07-20-2014, 09:44 AM
 
Location: Wonderland
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Well it was an international venue so I didn't appreciate here using that word. How the hell did we know what that mean't
First world problems. And I don't understand what that apostrophe is doing in the last word of your supposedly English sentence either, for that matter.
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Old 07-20-2014, 05:07 PM
 
Location: Castlederp
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First world problems. And I don't understand what that apostrophe is doing in the last word of your supposedly English sentence either, for that matter.
He complains frequently about 'foreignors' yet he cannot even use his own language properly!
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Old 07-22-2014, 09:56 PM
 
Location: 'Back in the midst of a world gone mad'
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Well it was an international venue so I didn't appreciate here using that word. How the hell did we know what that mean't
If you don't understand something, just ask. Most people will be more than happy to explain something to you or help you. Just remember to be polite when asking.

Sometimes it's the difference's while vacationing, that make things more interesting and fun. Not knowing what a basket was would have made me curious, if anything.

Hope you get a chance to go to the keys while your in Florida. Great beaches.
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Old 07-27-2014, 05:22 PM
 
Location: Castlederp
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Yeah exactly.. it would have become obvious to me that it was a different name!
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Old 07-29-2014, 05:35 PM
 
Location: Eastwood, Orlando FL
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Yesterday I was out and got Chicken Nuggets and this black woman called them a basket.
What should she have called them?

Should they post a sign with what it should be called in every single language? I'm not really sure what could have been done differently.


When I'm in England I don't expect things to be called by American names, even in Interational places like Gatwick or Heathrow
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Old 07-29-2014, 05:42 PM
 
Location: North West Northern Ireland.
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Well I didn't notice much difference in words used... But most places I had went to called the chicken nuggets, chickens tenders so I was a caught way way off guard when the woman called the chicken tenders a basket.

Btw Americans also asked for chicken tenders so it must be a Florida thingy.
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Old 07-29-2014, 05:56 PM
 
Location: Eastwood, Orlando FL
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Well I didn't notice much difference in words used... But most places I had went to called the chicken nuggets, chickens tenders so I was a caught way way off guard when the woman called the chicken tenders a basket.

Btw Americans also asked for chicken tenders so it must be a Florida thingy.

Ah. See this is a complicated thing..CHicken Nuggets and chicken tenders are different things
Chicken Nuggets = McDonalds..McDonalds invented chicken McNuggets in the early 80's. Now most little tiny pieces of chicken are nuggets. Even smaller ones are called popcorn chicken

Chicken Tenders = BK originally

A nugget and a tender are usually different. A nugget is more small and round and usually made of nasty parts mushed together.

A chicken tender is usually much bigger and made with better quality white meat. I'd much rather eat a tender than a nugget. They are often called Chicken Fingers or Chicken strips. Chicken fingers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chicken Tender is used everywhere in the USA as are nuggets.

She she wouldn't have been refering to the nugget or tender as "basket" Usually a Basket is something like chicken tenders with fries .. It's usually some sort of combo meal

Now lets discuss Jelly, Jello, Jam
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Old 07-29-2014, 06:04 PM
 
Location: North West Northern Ireland.
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I just call it chicken nuggets but I know what chicken tenders are!

Do they say this basket thing everywhere then?
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Old 07-29-2014, 06:07 PM
 
Location: Eastwood, Orlando FL
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I just call it chicken nuggets but I know what chicken tenders are!

Do they say this basket thing everywhere then?
Wel, not everywhere, but it's common.. Because usually the fiish and fries, chickn and fries etc comes in a sort of basket. Generally it just means you will get more than one thing. And come to think of it, usually they are fried foods

Fish and Chips here often come in a basket
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