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Page 2 of 3 < 1 2 3 > Topic Options #113509 - 10/14/03 06:15 AM Re: Language variations Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653 "He appeared a complete idiot" and "He appeared to be a complete idiot" mean different things. Aside from the interpretation that the former describes a routine in a magic act… Top #113510 - 10/14/03 09:39 AM Re: Walking and eating Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11577 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky What's a chip butty? Picture steak fries--3 of them--on a bun. The fact that anyone would think to do something like that, let alone eat it, is what astounded me. Top #113511 - 10/14/03 11:37 AM Re: Walking and eating of troy Carpal Tunnel Registered: 10/17/00 Posts: 5400 Loc: rego park in belgium, and parts of france, they would slap a nice big dollup of MAYONAISE on top of those fries... mmm, makes chili and cheeze dumped into a bag of corn chips's sound like health food! _________________________ my other obsession Top #113512 - 10/14/03 12:13 PM Re: Walking and eating shanks old hand Registered: 03/16/00 Posts: 1004 Loc: London, UK Along with, of course, the famous deep fried Mars Bar. Make mine a bacon butty - the only quick breakfast worth having (if you cannot afford the full English, of course)! Top #113513 - 10/14/03 12:16 PM Re: Butties AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6511 Loc: lower upstate New York Well, I agree with Jackie that the idea isn't very appetizing, but having never tried one, I can't say. Where does the term butty originate? Does it indicate the bread is buttered? Top #113514 - 10/14/03 12:19 PM Re: Butties Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653 Where does the term butty originate? Perhaps it refers to the ultimate destination of the food so named. Top #113515 - 10/14/03 12:32 PM Re: Butties shanks old hand Registered: 03/16/00 Posts: 1004 Loc: London, UK Haven't a clue, mate, either way. These Brit regional phrases, eh? Poor ol' Caxton and his eyren. Top #113516 - 10/14/03 03:08 PM Re: Butties Zed Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/27/02 Posts: 2154 Loc: British Columbia, Canada I think a butty is a big flat bun, kind of like a large hamburger bun. A chip butty is part of the food system of eating something from all four starch groups every day. Top #113517 - 10/14/03 03:49 PM Re: Butties AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6511 Loc: lower upstate New York Ah, of course, Zed. So naturally the best thing to wash it down with, in this system, would be a beer. Top #113518 - 10/14/03 07:02 PM Re: Butties Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont and always make sure there is someone near to help you when your heart attack hits. it's called the "butty system"... _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top Page 2 of 3 < 1 2 3 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8419 Members 16 Forums 13684 Topics 209684 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members fgjhgjk, Nora Francis, sabosophie, Lore Lorena, lukaslini 8418 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 47 Guests and 5 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 85 jenny jenny 68 wofahulicodoc 45 endymion6 44 BranShea 34 Rhubarb Commando 23 Buffalo Shrdlu 19 Faldage 18 zmjezhd 16 Jackie 15 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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