I'll get the salmon

[wand3rer]

Any tiny little habits that make you feel a bit more “put together”?

For example, in a restaurant I’ll just say “I’ll get the salmon” instead of reading out the whole dish name exactly as it’s written on the menu (“salmon with roasted potatoes and vegetables”).

It’s such a ridiculously small thing but it makes me feel smoother 😎😂

What else?

This thread must hold the record for the quickest a thread ever got derailed. I only read the first page and last - did anyone actually come with any other examples or is the entire thread about the correct grammar for ordering fish?

Whenever I hear someone in the queue on front of me saying this,I feel like saying 'No,you cannot get XYZ! The person serving you will get it!'

I’d probably use receive rather than get in that context..

My husband does, it's infuriating!

”follow suite”? It’s “follow suit”.

”I’ll get ..” or “can I get..” both sound equally rude and offhand. Worse, in my opinion, than “I want ..”.
Also very unpleasant to hear is “can I grab a …”.

when I was a child the following was drilled into us:
”I want never gets,
’please may I have’.”

Politeness and manners are very soothing and smoothing. It helps the world go round to respect the other, especially if they are offering a service.

But you'd understand I think. You're familiar with the question what did you get for Christmas? Do you honestly ask children (for example) what did you receive for your birthday?

Where is the laugh emoji? This thread is so silly!

I'll 'get' the salmon is NOT smoother, nor more 'put together'. It is ugly, Americanised and makes you sound like an entitled oaf tbh. In fact to most normal people it creates absolutely the opposite impression of you than the one you mistakenly think you are creating.

It absolutely is NOT the acceptable, normal way to order food (or anything) in the UK. Whoever told you that was winding you up!

Wow! So many posters with “excellent”spelling and grammar who can’t fucking read! May I be the first to suggest May I …

You can’t get it. You can ask for it, though.

It’s really, really not.
We generally say ‘I’ll have the salmon please’ or I’d like the salmon please’
or minor variations of this.
The use of ‘get’ in ordering meals or drinks eg ‘Can I get a large latte’ sounds very American to an English ear, and it comes across as a bit abrupt and not terribly polite.
Or, as others have said, that you are actually going into the kitchen to collect the salmon.
The main use of ‘get’ is when paying, people say ‘I’ll get this’ or ‘Let me get the desserts’ or similar. Meaning you will pay for things.

I’m not sure if anyone has made the OP feel crap yet by very rudely correcting what she wrote?
I’m sure you stopped reading ages ago OP but in case you didn’t, I always feel more like I’m winning if I have a good fruit selection on the table (I know, feeble) and if I understand the menu when it’s in another language (definitely variable success here!).
Oh and nice socks.

Yes I’m not sure if anyone has mentioned the wording or not…

nice socks is a good call!!

And then when the orders are brought to the table. " I'm the salmon" 😂

It is never “can I have” it is always “may I have” - if you want to be pissy about English, at least get it right.

But, as ever, MN forgets other places exist in the U.K. “Can I get” is common parlance in areas of Scotland, and as nobody thinks the user is trotting off to fetch the item themselves.

Ha. The op was asking for advice. No one's being pissy whatever that means. Londoner here, I'm not familiar with that term but suspect it's not very friendly.

Someone was being at best mischievous, as this is anything but ‘right’.