To point out that it's PACKED lunch and not PACK lunch?

[ICameOnTheJitney]

I keep seeing threads on here where people say "Pack lunch" I KNOW this belongs in Pedant's Corner but hey...only people who already know will see it then!

I also get irritated by "mash potato"....it's "MASHED potato" ffs.

[mrsjay]

some people call it a pack up took me ages to work out what they were on about

[ICameOnTheJitney]

Now pack up I can accept as it's a colloquialism from Scotland I think...anyway...it's a totally different phrase.

[Mumof3xx]

I'm sure this has been done before either that or I dreamt it

[mrsjay]

im scottish we make PACKED lunches up here , I guess language changes and people just use their own words, It is a drawer though and not a draw

[Greige]

Its bait where I come from.

[SPsDoesntLikeChaffingFishnets]

I say pack up and mash.

I drop the potato off, is that ok?

I have had no reason to type packed lunch though. I don't know if I would type pack or packed.

[usualsuspect]

Pack up is an acceptable term.

I'm not fussed about pack lunch.

[LCHammer]

I hate 'pack lunch'. And, please, textED for past tense. Yes, I know it's been done before but doing my good deed of the day with educating the masses :)

[ICameOnTheJitney]

I think "pack up" is ok because it makes more sense..."pack lunch" is just thoughtless and poor use of language.

Saying "Mash" is better than saying "Mash Potato".

[UnicornsNotRiddenByGrownUps]

Pack up is not from Scotland! We make packed lunches.


And another thing DRAWER not draw.. This one is so lazy.

[MylesKennedysVocalCords]

some people call it a pack up took me ages to work out what they were on about My friend does this-drives me mad! She also calls a tumble drier just a tumble. I have to restrain myself!

[DeepThought]

4

[NotAnotherPackedLunch]

YANBU
It's definitely packed lunch.

[mrsjay]

I admit i have problems with text and texted i will say i texted X

[SPsDoesntLikeChaffingFishnets]

Pack lunch is said where I am. I have no issues with it.

[SueSueHeck]

First I've heard 'pack up' being Scottish. We have packed lunches up here.

[LondonMother]

Box set or boxed set? I can see the logic for either version.

[usualsuspect]

I would say box set.

[ICameOnTheJitney]

MrsJay yes! "So yesterday I text him to ask..." and worse "He never text me."

Box Set is not the same as pack lunch. It's a set in a box...so it can be called a box set or a boxed set.

[SPsDoesntLikeChaffingFishnets]

I also say text as in 'i text him back ages ago'

I would say box set

I don't think 'ed is liked around here

[MySiamese]

Round here people called it 'snap' instead of packed lunch.. wtf?

[ICameOnTheJitney]

"to text" "have texted" or "has texted". It's past tense SP!