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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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Londog · Yesterday 11:24

Unorganised still bothers me - always taught it was disorganised 🤷‍♀️

Needmorelego · Yesterday 11:25

At my primary school it was called "being on sandwiches".
Regardless of whether your lunch actually contained a sandwich or not.
Although it 99.9% would have contained a sandwich.
No one sent a thermos of pasta in them days.

WearyAuldWumman · Yesterday 11:28

tiredtiredd · Yesterday 11:13

I’ve never heard of that but it doesn’t bother me tbh. A different term for it and not incorrectly said.

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I think that 'snap' is from Yorkshire? I like regional expressions. That's very different from an expression which appears to have come about because of something being misheard.

I recall having to tell children that no, they hadn't been caught on 'bad' wire. They would not believe me when I told them that the product was 'barbed'.

mmgirish · Yesterday 11:29

I say pack lunch. You must have such an easy life to get so annoyed by that.

LlynTegid · Yesterday 11:31

I understand not liking silly abbreviations. It's well down any list of misuse of the English language.

Such as overuse of literally, big, or referring to things by the word used in the United States. We are in the season of autumn, for example- the Fall is the name of a tv show or a former band from Manchester, not a season.

Needmorelego · Yesterday 11:31

@tiredtiredd What's your opinion on the evening meal being called....
Tea
Dinner
Supper
Which is correct?

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tiredtiredd · Yesterday 11:31

mmgirish · Yesterday 11:29

I say pack lunch. You must have such an easy life to get so annoyed by that.

Not really

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Slumgullion · Yesterday 11:32

aliceyyyy2654 · Yesterday 10:27

Wait until you find out some people call it ‘pack up’

But 'pack up' is fine -- it's a regional idiom, and it makes perfect sense.

The other one doesn't. It grates on me in the same way as the US usage 'I'm so tan!' rather than 'I'm so tanned!' And 'text' rather than 'texted' as the past tense of 'to text'.

LadyMacbethWasFierce · Yesterday 11:32

Similar to “mash” potato.

The other phrase that really jars is “I would of rang you…”. Two clangers side by side

But I do acknowledge that it’s my issue that I find it jarring and for the people who write/say these things it either doesn’t matter to them or they don’t know the difference.

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tiredtiredd · Yesterday 11:33

Needmorelego · Yesterday 11:31

@tiredtiredd What's your opinion on the evening meal being called....
Tea
Dinner
Supper
Which is correct?

Dinner as I’m a southerner. Supper is quite a middle class twee term for it 🤢 and I don’t think regional?

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FilmsandBooks · Yesterday 11:35

It’s not actually wrong. It’s lunch in a pack so a pack lunch.

Sherararara · Yesterday 11:35

It’s packed lunch. Anything else including pack up is incorrect.

PollyBell · Yesterday 11:36

I would say packed lunch but how is pack lunch actually wrong?

And the world doesnt end if somome says either

IStillHearTheWaves · Yesterday 11:36

aliceyyyy2654 · Yesterday 10:27

Wait until you find out some people call it ‘pack up’

But 'pack up' makes more sense than 'pack lunch'. 'Pack up' wouldn't bother me at all!

PinkMagpie · Yesterday 11:37

I feel this way about people saying text instead of texted

Needmorelego · Yesterday 11:37

tiredtiredd · Yesterday 11:33

Dinner as I’m a southerner. Supper is quite a middle class twee term for it 🤢 and I don’t think regional?

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So how can one phrase be regional but the other not ?

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tiredtiredd · Yesterday 11:37

PollyBell · Yesterday 11:36

I would say packed lunch but how is pack lunch actually wrong?

And the world doesnt end if somome says either

I didn’t say the world would end I said it made me irrationally angry. Pack lunch isn’t the correct tense or term for it. It’s packed lunch said incorrectly.

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BillieWiper · Yesterday 11:37

It's in a pack. Pack lunch is fine. Pack is a noun and a verb.

You don't call ice cream 'iced cream' do you? Even though that's originally how it came to have that name.

DaisyMayBojangles · Yesterday 11:38

Yep pack up grinds my gears too

SmokyMountainRain · Yesterday 11:39

We call it a bag lunch. 😂

Slumgullion · Yesterday 11:40

Needmorelego · Yesterday 11:37

So how can one phrase be regional but the other not ?

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It's like some people thinking they don't have an accent. Accents are only for other people.

Needmorelego · Yesterday 11:40

SmokyMountainRain · Yesterday 11:39

We call it a bag lunch. 😂

Are you American 😂😂

ThatLoudCat · Yesterday 11:41

Someone I know says "packet lunch"

MargaretThursday · Yesterday 11:42

It was "pack lunch" when I first went to school back in the 70s. Maybe it's a regional variation, but when it's been used for around 50 years I think it's considered to be an accepted usage.

Malasana · Yesterday 11:44

Where I live it’s often called bait, butty box or grub. I hope I didn’t ruin your day.
It’s a regional variation - a pack with lunch in = pack lunch for some people.

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