Two countries divided by a common language... contd..

Sep 19, 2008 18:47

So bishopjoey figures out what we are going to eat next week and writes a shopping list for me last night ( Read more... )

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phonemonkey September 19 2008, 17:14:05 UTC
HAH! That's brilliant.

If Jeff asked me to "get some sprouts" I'd definitely assume he meant sprouts of the Brussels persuasion. He always refers to the sprouts you'd put in a stir-fry as "beansprouts".

I think this may well be a California English as opposed to a US English thing...

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notinventedhere September 21 2008, 19:33:07 UTC
That's brilliant!

Can't you just chop them up into a sort of shredded cabbage type thing and stir fry them anyway?

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