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.

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

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

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

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

Its bait where I come from.

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.

Pack up is an acceptable term.

I'm not fussed about pack lunch.

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 :)

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".

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

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

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!

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YANBU
It's definitely packed lunch.

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

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

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

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

I would say box set.

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.

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

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

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