Language misunderstandings

[WarpGirl]

Yeah its cow. I have to admit that a culture that calls sausage and potatoes "bangers and mash" has to be fun on a friday night. Saturday and Sunday they probably suffer from Friday.

[opal]

http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2007/07/eating-faggots.html

http://www.chow.com/recipes/12833

http://www.yourcounty.co.uk/recipes/faggots.html

Yes, welcome (back), Opal, but I'd have to say I wasn't completely out of bounds with that one. Google even came up with a bunch of food references FIRST for "faggots, English," and I was definitely a little worried about what would come up.

BTW, the first blog may well further interest those of us who enjoy this thread.

Thanks for the welcome Alelou

My apologies, I'm Scottish and we don't do fancy English food (Though it does have that other meaning too)

We're the people who eat porridge and haggis, neeps and tatties!

Hi Opal! Nice to see you again! I assume you are the same Opal as the writer of Connections?

Hi panyasan

Yes, that's me

[Asso]

May I add myself to those who are professing their enjoyment that you are back, Opal?

[panyasan]

My apologies, I'm Scottish and we don't do fancy English food .

We're the people who eat porridge and haggis, neeps and tatties

I love haggis! But then again, I love Scotland.

[opal]

May I add myself to those who are professing their enjoyment that you are back, Opal?

Hello Asso,

My love for Trip and T'Pol has never left me, I've just been a little side tracked by new and shiny things for a while.

My apologies, I'm Scottish and we don't do fancy English food .

We're the people who eat porridge and haggis, neeps and tatties

I love haggis! But then again, I love Scotland.

Yeah me too - but I'm alittle biased. Feeling a little guilty about taking this thread off topic though so if anyone else would like to say hello I've introduced myself in the appropriate thread :

[Silverbullet]

Opal, I am Silverbullet. I am also new to this thread. Hopefully I wil get to read some of your writings.

[Alelou]

I have cousins in Scotland and have spent a fair amount of time in Edinburgh. It's a lovely city. And no, never had faggots there. Never had haggis either. It wasn't a family favorite and I can't say the concept appealed to me.

My favorite food I've only ever had in Scotland was pan-grilled sliced cod roe that we bought during a visit to Anstruther. Ooops, wait a minute. The Christmas pudding with hard sauce would have to be right up there, too.

[Kotik]

8) I have cousins in Scotland and have spent a fair amount of time in Edinburgh. It's a lovely city. And no, never had faggots there. Never had haggis either. It wasn't a family favorite and I can't say the concept appealed to me.

My favorite food I've only ever had in Scotland was pan-grilled sliced cod roe that we bought during a visit to Anstruther. Ooops, wait a minute. The Christmas pudding with hard sauce would have to be right up there, too.

Isn't Edinborough, where you get those oil fried Mars bars? Damn, that was repulsive Was in a pub though there and heard a song called "Battle of the Prestonpans" by a band called Schiehallion - my favourite song .- ever - in the world

[dark_rain]

Beyond fags as cigs, I'm pretty sure faggots are meatballs in England, aren't they?

Sorry but no, meatballs are definitely meatballs in the UK. Faggots are either bundles of sticks for fuel or a particularly nasty slang term for homosexual males!

I'm afraid I have to disagree, sure the first thing that people think of is the homosexual term, but I've seen faggots on menus and on cardboard boxes, and I'm pretty sure they weren't chopped up gay guys.

[opal]

Opal, I am Silverbullet. I am also new to this thread. Hopefully I wil get to read some of your writings.

Hi Silverbullet

You might have to wait a while but I am working on a story at the moment!

8) I have cousins in Scotland and have spent a fair amount of time in Edinburgh. It's a lovely city. And no, never had faggots there. Never had haggis either. It wasn't a family favorite and I can't say the concept appealed to me.

My favorite food I've only ever had in Scotland was pan-grilled sliced cod roe that we bought during a visit to Anstruther. Ooops, wait a minute. The Christmas pudding with hard sauce would have to be right up there, too.

Cod roe isn't one of my favourite foods but I do like a good Christmas pudding. I'm interested to know what you mean by hard sauce?

Isn't Edinborough, where you get those oil fried Mars bars? Damn, that was repulsive Was in a pub though there and heard a song called "Battle of the Prestonpans" by a band called Schiehallion - my favourite song .- ever - in the world

Yes I'm sure you can get deep fried Mars Bars in Edinburgh although I think the idea originated in Aberdeen! Our fish and chip shops will even deep fry pizza and other types of chocolate bars as well - I've never felt the need for such repulsive offerings myself!

Beyond fags as cigs, I'm pretty sure faggots are meatballs in England, aren't they?

Sorry but no, meatballs are definitely meatballs in the UK. Faggots are either bundles of sticks for fuel or a particularly nasty slang term for homosexual males!

I'm afraid I have to disagree, sure the first thing that people think of is the homosexual term, but I've seen faggots on menus and on cardboard boxes, and I'm pretty sure they weren't chopped up gay guys.

I think you may just have missed my later post when I apologised after my ignorance on this matter was corrected dark-rain

[Alelou]

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-hard-sauce.htm

I don't know the ethnic derivation of this. Valerie married a Geordie so I suppose it may have come from his side of the family, but he's no cook so I doubt it. A friend of mine whose family hails from Essex also serves hard sauce on their Christmas pudding.

[Silverbullet]

Speaking of odd menu Items. Anyone had Deep Fried Ice Cream? Believe it r not I have.

[dark_rain]

I think you may just have missed my later post when I apologised after my ignorance on this matter was corrected dark-rain

Gah, more than likely, my appologies.

[dark_rain]

Speaking of odd menu Items. Anyone had Deep Fried Ice Cream? Believe it r not I have.

Yup.

[WarpGirl]

Deep Fried cheese cake is a southern thing. But the only fried things I like a lot is chicken and doughnuts. Back to languages... Did you know that in certain African languages the word for God is literally translated "The Big Guy" in English?