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People saying pack lunch instead of packed lunch

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tiredtiredd · Yesterday 10:26

This makes me irrationally angry

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CryHavoc · Today 09:01

BriarTime · Yesterday 17:57

Yes! When we were in school (Wales) we had to say whether we were on dinners (‘cínio’) or sandwiches (‘brechdanau’) when the teacher took the register in the morning!

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OMG I have just remembered that we did this too!

Poppinpoppinpopcorn · Today 08:49

VeterinaryCareAssistant · Today 08:40

It may be "regional" but it's still incorrect, the same as needs fed or needs changed when it should be needs to be fed or needs to be changed.

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It's not incorrect for that region. My grandparents always said pack lunch, they where born in the 1910s. Something that has been said this way for so long is not incorrect.

5128gap · Today 08:47

As long as they don't say they're taking their pack lunch because they need to loose weight, I'm fine.

TheCabbageMerchant · Today 08:41

LesLavandes · Yesterday 19:51

Who cares

Honestly - that was what I was thinking. There’s plenty more in important things in life to get irritated and angry about. Other people’s use of language is pretty low on the list of priorities.

VeterinaryCareAssistant · Today 08:40

Needmorelego · Yesterday 11:08

No.
It's regional.
Not everyone in the UK speaks the same version of English.

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It may be "regional" but it's still incorrect, the same as needs fed or needs changed when it should be needs to be fed or needs to be changed.

Poppinpoppinpopcorn · Today 08:34

Buynow · Yesterday 17:42

My theory is that those who say "pack lunch" have at some time in the past misheard someone calling it packed lunch.
I say packed lunch or pack up. My dad used to say snap , which I quite like but it's not a local description.

My current petrol hate is my dance teacher who announces that she's going to "learn" us a new dance every week.

Well your theory is completely wrong

sashh · Today 05:25

Depending on what mood I'm in it can be a packed lunch, a pack up, bait or snap.

Malasana · Today 02:52

tiredtiredd · Yesterday 11:47

Yes I know tea is regional. Pack lunch isn’t

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In the regions it’s used, it is!

Needmorelego · Yesterday 21:04

Q2C4 · Yesterday 19:33

Pack lunch v packed lunch is a minor issue compared to a PP on this thread whose response included “them days”, surely!! 🤣

That was me 😂
Them days....you know when it was all fields around here.
AKA "back in my day".

Norwaygirl · Yesterday 19:59

Up in Yorkshire I say pack up too.

ImaSpringChicken · Yesterday 19:53

I will see your 'pack' lunch amd raise you a 'mash potato'.

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LesLavandes · Yesterday 19:51

Who cares

Greenandyellowday · Yesterday 19:36

tiredtiredd · Yesterday 11:31

Not really

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Agree! Pack is a verb, pack lunch is an instruction, or (as a pp said) a group lunchtime get-together for a bunch of Brownies. The correct expression is packed lunch.

Q2C4 · Yesterday 19:33

Pack lunch v packed lunch is a minor issue compared to a PP on this thread whose response included “them days”, surely!! 🤣

BriarTime · Yesterday 19:30

Q2C4 · Yesterday 19:29

Reminiscent of fishing bait…. 🪱

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It’s just begging for some disgusting misunderstandings, isn’t it?

Q2C4 · Yesterday 19:29

UniquePinkSwan · Yesterday 19:19

Bait box is worse. I’m in the north east and loads of people call it that. Horrible term

Reminiscent of fishing bait…. 🪱

Q2C4 · Yesterday 19:28

DaisyMayBojangles · Yesterday 11:49

I also hate the word ‘meal’ for some reason. ‘Eating my meal’ just makes me shudder for some reaaon 🤷‍♀️
’Going out for a meal’ auuuugh!

Me too! Glad to know I’m not alone in this.

MyLimeGuide · Yesterday 19:25

Its definitely meant to be a "packed" lunch, like if you have "packed" your toothbrush or "packed" your suitcase for a weekend away, you have "PACKED" your lunch for a trip out or to eat at school.

Weeellokthen · Yesterday 19:20

Never heard of pack up (Scotland) packed lunch or piece here

UniquePinkSwan · Yesterday 19:19

Bait box is worse. I’m in the north east and loads of people call it that. Horrible term

BriarTime · Yesterday 19:17

AlwaysExtraHot · Yesterday 19:16

Yes, I agree. Irritatingly widespread now though.

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Bizarre as it sounds, I would be happier with ‘I need to go Tescoing’. That would make more sense to me.

AlwaysExtraHot · Yesterday 19:16

BriarTime · Yesterday 19:09

I feel like that’s quite a recent thing.

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Yes, I agree. Irritatingly widespread now though.

BriarTime · Yesterday 19:09

AlwaysExtraHot · Yesterday 19:05

That is annoying. I favour ‘snap’, from my childhood in Derbyshire.
My biggest bugbear in this area though is people missing out the ‘to’ and saying things like ‘I need to go Tesco.’

I feel like that’s quite a recent thing.

AlwaysExtraHot · Yesterday 19:05

That is annoying. I favour ‘snap’, from my childhood in Derbyshire.
My biggest bugbear in this area though is people missing out the ‘to’ and saying things like ‘I need to go Tesco.’

EverMerge · Yesterday 18:33

BriarTime · Yesterday 18:12

Apology accepted.

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Ah you missed the introductory element of the sentence. So the first part of the sentence explains the single word sentence. I totally understand your confusion and do not judge you.

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