To hate it when people shorten the names of food?

[muminthecity]

Strawbs is the worst one I've heard recently. Veg, spag bol and pots also set my teeth on edge. I don't mind so much when they are written down, it's when they're said out loud that I find it fills me with rage irritating. None of these are particularly difficult words to say so why? Why do it? Anyone else feel my pain, or am I just weird?

(In case anyone asks, I know it isn't the biggest problem in the world, and yes I do have better things to worry about .)

I'm in Australia and they, annoyingly, shorten everything here.

You can have Turkish toast with Avo and EVOO for breakfast! Took me ages to work out the EVOO one.

WHO IS CHER??!!!

"Freo = Fremantle

Rotto = Rottnest."

er...what?

We use buttie but ONLY when referring to a bacon sandwich oddly. Also say Tatties for potatoes but I think that is a hangover from being raised by my Scottish Granny

Under no circumstances would I say 'strawbs' shudders. I really really hate people saying 'totes' instead of totally and have been known to threaten people who say 'amazeballs' with actual violence

Weegie, I'm from N.I and always refer to a portion of chips from the chippie as 'a chip'

I thought everyone did

Haha it's just one of those little things that don't really matter but are just irritating, so no you are not being unreasonable :)

My son shortens food words (nana for banana, gog gog for yoghurt) but that is because he isn't even 2 yet and can't say the words properly!

EURGH I hate spag Bol.

I absolutely detest the word "sarnie". I would happily punch someone who says that.

I hate the word 'tatos for potatoes or 'taters....bleugh.

I also hate 'nana, for bananas: just don't say it.

Also dislike the word "cuppa" for tea. You can't get a shorter word than "tea" so why say "cuppa"?

I cringe when my dad says he's having "cot pie"

To be honest...we do a few of these, though mostly when writing and speaking about shopping lists. Why write out "spaghetti" when you can write "spag"

I don't say "choccy" or "biccy" though...I'm not 5.

We do have a couple of weird running jokes when writing out shopping though....Broccoli is always said "Brr..brr...broooooooockleeeeey" (in the style of MC Det and DJ Brockie - which no-one will understand unless you are 30 odd and into Drum n Bass )

I'm sure it's been mentioned before (skim reading as dealing with stroppy DD), but mac n' cheese really sets my teeth on edge - as in the phrase not the food. FFS it's Macaroni cheese, not macaroni and cheese.

I suspect people who do this are the same people who apply the breaks on there cars, trying and save the heals of their socks from whereing thru, and have brought a new tele too watch.

SLAW

Ooooooh no "'slaw" really does irritate me.

As does "''za" for pizza.

Longdistance - I hear you! I live in FREMANTLE, NOT Freo! Our friends live in Subiaco (you know...the place they call Subi )

Don't know why it annoys me so much, me being a foreigner.

Cote - EVOO is extra virgin olive oil. Doesn't that sound so much more appetising? Avo is Avocado. Avo is just such a non word: Avocado has a flow to it.

who cares what kind of oliove oil it is - no one can taste the bloody difference

Weegie - that is strange. When I was a backpacker (eons ago) and worked in a greasy cafe in Sydney, people used to come in and ask for "a hot chip". I couldn't understand it . A chip is always hot but why would they only want one? Didn't realise the Irish were strange too

YANBU OP. My teeth start grinding when hearing utterances about biccies, tommy k, nanas, etc, etc.

But, what really makes me want to stab people is when they refer to food as yum yums or din dins when speaking to small people. My cousin does this and I want to stab her with a very sharp implement. FFS woman speak properly.

Cote - Turkish toast isn't an abbreviation, it's Turkish bread, toasted .

I agree about the EVOO slapping bit.

Ha ha soupmaker you'd hate it in our house. When we first got our dog, DH always referred to his "dindins" and it drove me insane but the dog soon learnt the word so it just stuck and he only responded if you called it dindins - so that's what it is now! Unfortunately I do find myself saying it to DD on occasion out of habit.

All the things people have mentioned above would have made me fly into a disproportionate rage at one time. But I even say "this arvo" now which I never said even when I was backpacking in Oz as it annoyed the hell out of me!

Longdistance - you've been mishearing. Avo is avocado and ARRRRRvo is afternoon. I don't know where the R in ARRRRRvo comes in, but it is there.

I know. It's naff.

hmmm. I don't like this either OP. But can't say it bothered me like a bothery bother thing

Oh actually I say nap nap to DD at nappy change time

I'm surprisingly relaxed about most of these (well, obviously not breadiebunbuns and Tommy K, I do have some standards) but I loathe 'veggies'.

And on an ancient re-run of 'Forever Summer' with Nigella the other day, she insisted on calling a pavlova a 'pav'.