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To point out that it's PACKED lunch and not PACK lunch?

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ICameOnTheJitney · 17/11/2013 10:06

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! Grin

I also get irritated by "mash potato"....it's "MASHED potato" ffs.

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mrsjay · 17/11/2013 10:07

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

ICameOnTheJitney · 17/11/2013 10:09

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

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Mumof3xx · 17/11/2013 10:10

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

mrsjay · 17/11/2013 10:11

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 Angry

Greige · 17/11/2013 10:11

Its bait where I come from.

SPsDoesntLikeChaffingFishnets · 17/11/2013 10:11

I say pack up and mash.

I drop the potato off, is that ok? Grin

I have had no reason to type packed lunch though. I don't know if I would type pack or packed.

PerpendicularVince · 17/11/2013 10:11

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usualsuspect · 17/11/2013 10:13

Pack up is an acceptable term.

I'm not fussed about pack lunch.

LCHammer · 17/11/2013 10:16

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 :)

ICameOnTheJitney · 17/11/2013 10:17

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".

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UnicornsNotRiddenByGrownUps · 17/11/2013 10:18

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

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

MylesKennedysVocalCords · 17/11/2013 10:18

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!

DeepThought · 17/11/2013 10:18

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KepekCrumbs · 17/11/2013 10:19

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NotAnotherPackedLunch · 17/11/2013 10:19

YANBU
It's definitely packed lunch. Grin

mrsjay · 17/11/2013 10:20

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

SPsDoesntLikeChaffingFishnets · 17/11/2013 10:20

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

SueSueHeck · 17/11/2013 10:20

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

LondonMother · 17/11/2013 10:22

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

usualsuspect · 17/11/2013 10:25

I would say box set.

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ICameOnTheJitney · 17/11/2013 10:27

MrsJay yes! "So yesterday I text him to ask..." Angry 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.

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SPsDoesntLikeChaffingFishnets · 17/11/2013 10:28

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 Grin

MySiamese · 17/11/2013 10:28

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

ICameOnTheJitney · 17/11/2013 10:29

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

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