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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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Anonbakerylady · Yesterday 11:44

There is no such thing as 'correct' when it comes to language, it is organic and constantly changing. Some of our ancesters would be confused or even appalled at the way we speak today. You can embrace change or get offended by it, either way you aren't going to stop it!

Whisperwaves · Yesterday 11:44

If you get angry over regional terms, I suggest you stay in your own little Southern bubble.

Malasana · Yesterday 11:45

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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That’ll be tea - proving the point of regional variations for terms existing.

randomchap · Yesterday 11:46

It's just an Americanism, I could care less

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tiredtiredd · Yesterday 11:47

Malasana · Yesterday 11:45

That’ll be tea - proving the point of regional variations for terms existing.

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

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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!

Ifailed · Yesterday 11:50

If it's for a mid day meal, the correct term is a packed dinner.

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tiredtiredd · Yesterday 11:50

Whisperwaves · Yesterday 11:44

If you get angry over regional terms, I suggest you stay in your own little Southern bubble.

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I don’t get upset about regional terms. Let’s not try and turn this into a north/south divide 🥱

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Needmorelego · Yesterday 11:51

randomchap · Yesterday 11:46

It's just an Americanism, I could care less

No....
Americans say "Bag Lunch" or "Brown Bagging It" don't they 😂😂😂

Needmorelego · Yesterday 11:51

tiredtiredd · Yesterday 11:47

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

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Says you.....

JustAnotherWhinger · Yesterday 11:52

Armorlux · Yesterday 11:17

'Pack up' was a Yorkshire variation - and probably other places - which I remember even as a child. So from ancient times.

'Pack lunch' has coincided with smartphone use, along with 'worse' when they really mean 'worst'.
And on it goes...

It was pack lunch when I was at school and that was a very long time before smartphones!

HexInductionHour · Yesterday 11:52

Needmorelego · Yesterday 11:05

Regional variation.
Does it matter?

No not at all, in the slightest.

julie81 · Yesterday 11:52

A lot say snappin here in Wrexham which is regional rather than Welsh. A term from when mining I think.

ForeverTheOptomist · Yesterday 11:53

tiredtiredd · Yesterday 11:07

No it’s just incorrect

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I totally agree. Wrong tense.

Doesn't make me as mad as 'eating healthy' instead of 'eating healthily' though.

Needmorelego · Yesterday 11:53

Well this thread is fun but I have to go.
Trying to think of a regional way to say goodbye 🤔
"Ta Ra For Now" maybe?

BCBird · Yesterday 11:57

It's like when people say take out instead of takeaway- boils my pissBlush

honeylulu · Yesterday 11:59

Pearlstillsinging · Yesterday 11:13

It's not regional. People seem to have stopped using 'ed' at the end of past participles recently.
I frequently see 'I use to .....' , 'He is bias' and other examples.

Yes. See also "first come, first serve", "worse case scenario" and "a chill morning".

MyArtfulGreySloth · Yesterday 12:00

I hate it too

ForeverTheOptomist · Yesterday 12:02

To pack or not to pack.
That is the question.

Lomonald · Yesterday 12:03

BaronessEllarawrosaurus · Yesterday 11:07

Historically correct it's a lunch in a pack.

Will this is what I think it is a pack of lunch 😀

BarbarianBabs · Yesterday 12:04

NoelEdmondsHairGel · Yesterday 11:22

See also “I text you” instead of “I texted you”

I hate the sound of ‘texted’ and don’t like how it feels in my mouth to say it.

but also know that text in past tense is incorrect so tend to say “I sent you a text” so I don’t have to say texted 🤭

Sherararara · Yesterday 12:04

BCBird · Yesterday 11:57

It's like when people say take out instead of takeaway- boils my pissBlush

No, that’s just an Americanism working its way into our language.

Lomonald · Yesterday 12:04

Needmorelego · Yesterday 11:53

Well this thread is fun but I have to go.
Trying to think of a regional way to say goodbye 🤔
"Ta Ra For Now" maybe?

Cheerio perhaps 🤔 😀

BoaAlba · Yesterday 12:14

As a linguist, I can confirm that in spoken English, pack lunch would be a normal way to say packed lunch. It’s to do with the unvoiced final consonant of packed /t/ being elided due to the voiced /l/ of lunch.

Edited to add that the /t/ and /l/ also are enunciated with the same (or almost the same) tongue placement, which adds to the tendency to elide the /t/

it is possible to pronounce the final /kt/ of packed but is potentially ‘marked’ in general conversation.
It would irk me if it was written.

Floatlikeafeather2 · Yesterday 12:15

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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I'm from the South West which means I'm a "southerner" too. We had "dinner ladies" at school and they served us "dinner" after the "dinner bell" had rung to mark the start of "dinner time". When school finished we went home and played until it was time for "tea" at "tea time". As a child, the only person I knew who called the evening meal "dinner" was a friend who had a Scottish father and a mother from Belfast.

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