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To wonder why.. (brace yourself)

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BackAgainSlimLady · 24/02/2025 12:29

Single cucumbers from the supermarket come wrapped in plastic.. but single courgettes don’t?

if you ask me.. courgettes have a slightly more fragile skin that cucumber.. so why the lack of protection?

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LordBuckley · 26/02/2025 20:31

curious79 · 24/02/2025 13:16

the person isn't in Italy either - it's either zuchinna (singular) or zuchinne (plural).

Please Americans / Australians... don't correct our Queen's English

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I don't know what that language is supposed to be, but it certainly isn't Italian.

JaninaDuszejko · 26/02/2025 20:50

Bigearringsbigsmile · 26/02/2025 10:30

I think most English people CAN say Loch the Scottish way but don't because they'd sound like a wanker.
It's like English people saying pi-aya instead of pie-ella or choreeetho instead of chorizo.
You can say it but you'll soubd like a nob

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I say pi-eya and choretho because MIL's first language is Spanish and we speak about food a lot. I still say llama as lah-ma though even though I know it's yama because it doesn't feel natural when I'm speaking English.

But I'd like to point out (because it really bugs me) that pronouncing chorizo as cho-ritz-o is the most wanky option because it's so wrong. Chuh-ree-tho is 'correct' for Spanish Spanish and chuh·ree·zo would be 'correct' for South American Spanish and would be a phonically correct reading in English. So why do people say cho-ritz-o? To make it sound 'foreign'? But it's wrong on so many levels.

Mumtobabyhavoc · 26/02/2025 20:53

ErrolTheDragon · 26/02/2025 19:58

Amazing they extracted the wrapped cucumber posts out of the welter of responses to our poor veg-nomenclature challenged Aussie poster. Unless they're planning to make a whole other 'article' out of that!

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"Amazing they extracted the wrapped cucumber posts out of the welter of responses to our poor veg-nomenclature challenged Aussie poster."

Just can't let it go... 😂😂😂😂👏👏👏👏

gotmyknickersinatwist · 26/02/2025 21:16

Ilovecleaning · 26/02/2025 20:26

lol
elevator - lift
sidewalk - pavement
faucet- tap

Oe were you being provocative and/or ironic? 🤣🤣🤣

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WiLlIeVeRbEOk is NOT Murican.

Harrumph.

Ilovecleaning · 26/02/2025 21:32

gotmyknickersinatwist · 26/02/2025 21:16

WiLlIeVeRbEOk is NOT Murican.

Harrumph.

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Ok. Thanks. I get it now.

Ilovecleaning · 26/02/2025 21:37

LackOfSleepCBA · 26/02/2025 14:19

The wording was already correct = just desserts

Just deserts (just sandy places) is incorrect

Facepalm.....

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Nope. It’s ’just deserts’

Lovelysausagedogscrumpy · 26/02/2025 22:06

LackOfSleepCBA · 26/02/2025 14:19

The wording was already correct = just desserts

Just deserts (just sandy places) is incorrect

Facepalm.....

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Nope. I was under that impression too. A poster upthread gave a very full explanation complete with links and it’s Just Deserts. The phrase originated in the mid-1500s and comes from the word "desert", which means "reward or punishment that is deserved". The word "desert" comes from the French word deservir, which means "to deserve". The phrase covers both punishment and reward as appropriate.

InveterateWineDrinker · 26/02/2025 23:58

JaninaDuszejko · 26/02/2025 20:50

I say pi-eya and choretho because MIL's first language is Spanish and we speak about food a lot. I still say llama as lah-ma though even though I know it's yama because it doesn't feel natural when I'm speaking English.

But I'd like to point out (because it really bugs me) that pronouncing chorizo as cho-ritz-o is the most wanky option because it's so wrong. Chuh-ree-tho is 'correct' for Spanish Spanish and chuh·ree·zo would be 'correct' for South American Spanish and would be a phonically correct reading in English. So why do people say cho-ritz-o? To make it sound 'foreign'? But it's wrong on so many levels.

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Native Portuguese speaker here. Don't get me started...

Mumtobabyhavoc · 27/02/2025 00:15

Ilovecleaning · 26/02/2025 21:37

Nope. It’s ’just deserts’

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Here we gooooo.... ahem, @LackOfSleepCBA

https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/just-deserts-or-just-desserts

To wonder why.. (brace yourself)
Mumtobabyhavoc · 27/02/2025 00:19

InveterateWineDrinker · 26/02/2025 23:58

Native Portuguese speaker here. Don't get me started...

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Pie-eh-ahhh
chor-ee-so

Chor-ee-tho and you may as well be in a Fawtly Towers skit.

InveterateWineDrinker · 27/02/2025 00:26

Mumtobabyhavoc · 27/02/2025 00:19

Pie-eh-ahhh
chor-ee-so

Chor-ee-tho and you may as well be in a Fawtly Towers skit.

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Chor-ee-tho and I may as well be in Spain. Which is almost the entire point of being in Portugal.

MaryQueenofDots · 27/02/2025 00:27

Aubergine 🍆 is a much sexier word than fucking eggplant!

Mumtobabyhavoc · 27/02/2025 02:18

MaryQueenofDots · 27/02/2025 00:27

Aubergine 🍆 is a much sexier word than fucking eggplant!

Besides sexually weird, fucking eggplant is not a word. It's a clause. 😆

Ilovecleaning · 27/02/2025 06:56

Mumtobabyhavoc · 27/02/2025 02:18

Besides sexually weird, fucking eggplant is not a word. It's a clause. 😆

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‘Fucking eggplant’ is phrase not a clause. Just thought I’d join in with the lunacy 🤣🤣🤣😜😜😜

Mumtobabyhavoc · 27/02/2025 07:52

Ilovecleaning · 27/02/2025 06:56

‘Fucking eggplant’ is phrase not a clause. Just thought I’d join in with the lunacy 🤣🤣🤣😜😜😜

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Damn. I googled and was stymied by the subject/predicate bit. 😵‍💫

TemporaryPosition · 27/02/2025 07:57

WillIEverBeOk · 24/02/2025 12:55

YANBU. But I had to google 'courgettes'. Very strange word to use. Not sure why you can't say zucchini which is what it is.

This is a British website, we will use British terms here if we want.

Mumtobabyhavoc · 27/02/2025 08:02

TemporaryPosition · 27/02/2025 07:57

This is a British website, we will use British terms here if we want.

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You forgot, Mate, to punctuate that. 😁

Ilovecleaning · 27/02/2025 08:05

Mumtobabyhavoc · 27/02/2025 07:52

Damn. I googled and was stymied by the subject/predicate bit. 😵‍💫

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lol 😂 This is the daftest thread but very amusing!

AnnaQuayInTheUk · 27/02/2025 08:06

T1Dmama · 26/02/2025 08:17

Anyway… I’m thinking they protect a cucumber because it’s cut and used where as courgette is cooked killing off germs from being touched

But apples are loose and we eat those uncooked

Ilovecleaning · 27/02/2025 08:08

Mumtobabyhavoc · 27/02/2025 08:02

You forgot, Mate, to punctuate that. 😁

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… with a photo of someone holding a cold pie and a warm beer

MegTheForgetfulCat · 27/02/2025 08:09

I love the way that every so often someone is still answering the original question in the OP.

To wonder why.. (brace yourself)
Jacopo · 27/02/2025 08:14

If only the Mirror had made the story about the just deserts instead of the wrapped cucumber.

Mumtobabyhavoc · 27/02/2025 08:15

AnnaQuayInTheUk · 27/02/2025 08:06

But apples are loose and we eat those uncooked

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Massive sigh here. I posted the answer to this.
I Googled and everything. 😭

ErrolTheDragon · 27/02/2025 08:18

Jacopo · 27/02/2025 08:14

If only the Mirror had made the story about the just deserts instead of the wrapped cucumber.

Maybe they will. They could get at least three different pieces out of this thread.

RedToothBrush · 27/02/2025 08:25

BackAgainSlimLady · 26/02/2025 20:20

You mean.. I’m famous now? Do I get pose outside the supermarket holding wrapped cucumber whilst looking disgruntled?

Photo posing with a cucumber.

What could possibly go wrong with that?!
😂

Personally if I were you, I'd choose to skip your 15 mins on this particular occasion!