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- Sat Jan 25, 2020 10:50 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Senior’s pigs
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10084
Re: Senior’s pigs
I used to make them with biscuit dough, but I was convinced I had seen them in pancakes at restaurants like IHOP. Obviously, my memory is going! 

- Sat Jan 25, 2020 4:34 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Senior’s pigs
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10084
Re: Senior’s pigs
A lot of American restaurants have a Senior Menu - smaller servings, smaller price. The pigs in a blanket are sausages wrapped in pancakes. Which sounds really good at the moment - haven't had breakfast yet. 

- Wed Jan 22, 2020 4:28 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Capitalization
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8747
Re: Capitalization
William Safire had a similar discussion about hell & heaven in "On Language." It's stuck in my memory for years because of the William Buckley quote - he said it should be uppercase because: "It's a place, like Scarsdale." Safire disagreed - he thought it depended on whether you meant the place - He...
- Thu Jan 02, 2020 4:50 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Checking attendance
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8404
Re: Checking attendance
We always said "here." Now that I'm an adult condemned to weekly conference calls, I answer "present" to make sure the supervisor hears me & my "here" doesn't get lost in random noise.
- Fri Dec 27, 2019 2:06 am
- Forum: Addicts' Corner
- Topic: The current weather
- Replies: 11
- Views: 15973
Re: The current weather
That is a gorgeous picture. Snow makes everything exquisite, but it helps to have old buildings. 

- Wed Dec 25, 2019 4:02 pm
- Forum: Addicts' Corner
- Topic: The current weather
- Replies: 11
- Views: 15973
Re: The current weather
This is our first "brown" Christmas in 20 years. We have always had snow - usually starting in late November - but this year is an odd one. By now there should be a foot of snow. We have a wee bit of snow left over from an earlier dusting, but that's only because we live at 3000 feet. Down in the va...
- Tue Dec 24, 2019 4:14 pm
- Forum: Addicts' Corner
- Topic: The current weather
- Replies: 11
- Views: 15973
Re: The current weather
Right at 32 degrees F - which is 0 C - with a slight chance of snow. Are we Americans the only ones who are backward enough to still use Fahrenheit?
Tomorrow - Christmas day - is supposed to be the same but no chance of snow.
A blessed Christmas to you & all the Wizards!

Tomorrow - Christmas day - is supposed to be the same but no chance of snow.
A blessed Christmas to you & all the Wizards!
- Tue Dec 17, 2019 4:07 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Laundromat
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7847
Re: Laundromat
A place where you go and drop off your clothes (or call and have them picked up) to be cleaned is called a "laundry service". They take your dirty clothes and return them cleaned, pressed and folded. We have just one laundromat in our small town; besides the coin-operated machines they also offer l...
- Sat Dec 14, 2019 3:53 am
- Forum: Addicts' Corner
- Topic: Problems understanding film and TV dialogue
- Replies: 16
- Views: 27101
Re: Problems understanding film and TV dialogue
We use subtitles whenever we can because as we get older, the audio is harder to understand. But it is often the actors - especially child actors. Adults can be as bad, even when they know better. We had no trouble understanding Eddie Redmayne in Les Misérables so were expecting the same performance...
- Fri Dec 13, 2019 6:42 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Picking up
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7964
Re: Picking up
Might be related to pulling up stakes, i.e. palisades, tent stakes, or boundary markers.
- Mon Dec 09, 2019 9:34 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: How old are you?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11143
Re: How old are you?
Another way of doing it without causing offence (especially if the context makes it seem relevant) is to ask how old they were in the year when the event being discussed took place, or even simply to ask what year they were born in. That way works with me. While I really don't mind anyone knowing h...
- Sat Nov 30, 2019 2:05 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Still
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6001
Re: Still
They all look fine to me.
- Tue Nov 05, 2019 2:36 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Squeeze in
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7389
Re: Squeeze in
I must be a "so-called grammarian" - "try and" sets my teeth on edge. 

- Sat Nov 02, 2019 5:13 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Hearing
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6890
Re: Hearing
Both are fine. You could also say "He has trouble hearing", "He's hearing-impaired" or "He's deaf". A person who can hear nothing at all can be described as being profoundly deaf. Sometimes more detail is helpful, especially if the person you're talking with will be talking with the partially deaf ...
- Sat Nov 02, 2019 5:02 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: A salesclerk calls a customer "Hon"
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6841
Re: A salesclerk calls a customer "Hon"
I know it bothers some people, but I'm not one of them. I had a favorite clerk at the grocery who called everyone 'hon." She's not there anymore. She was always cheerful & I don't think I was the only customer who felt happier after interacting with her. :cry: The only thing I find offensive is to b...