I just heard an ad on television for a restaurant that boasts an Australian theme; the guy spoke with an Aussie accent--credible or not, I'm not sure.
Anyway--what are lobster tiles, please?

Yes, I should ask the waiter, but we have them on the
menu at "Outback" a chain of Aussie themed restaurants here too.

what are lobster tiles, please?

It's a new one on me. How thick was the strine spoken?
Could it have been Lobster Tails?

I think it must have been Lobster Tails too, Jackie.
You know how these funny ascents make words sound.

Looking delicious

Or either it's just the shell without any meat inside.

You know how these funny ascents make words sound.

I'm with Candy on this one. Seems like Stage Strine (Australian English); the ai /eɪ/ of tails is pronounced like the i /æɪ/ in tile.

I stopped by the restaurant here, and they said it is the
meat without the shell, usually sliced after cooking, making
it small round disks, and served with other seafood usually.
Shrimp and Lobster tiles. Scallops and Lobster tiles.

You know how these funny ascents make words sound. 'Deed I do! I wasn't looking for an actual answer--I mean, it HAD to be tails! {Note: see OP emoticon.} I just wanted to see what kind of jokes/defense/comebacks y'all'd have. (Speaking of accents!)

I just wanted to see what kind of jokes/defense/comebacks y'all'd have
You know defeat always goes over defense before detail..

BUT.....what about Lukes post seems tiles might be the real thing!

They are for people who want lobster and don't want to deal with
the shell. They have the regular "chain" menu, and a special
monthly insert for this restaurant only. A person can order
various combos: scallops/shrimp; lobster/scallops; shrimp/scallops; etc.

And they call them "tiles": its right there in the print. And
out here in the flooded Missouri River basis the closest
we get to Australian accent is Crocodile Dundee.

olly--[shaking head e]--I hate to say it, but that was actually funny!

I wonder about the shrimp tiles. They must the seize of thumbnails.

Heh (hi eta)--thumbnail shrimp, and what...elbow lobsters?

Some of those lobsters on Google Images are quite large.
The tiles would be of significant size. But shrimp tiles?
Too much work for the price.

so if there really are lobster tiles, can't you imagine someone fooling about with a strine accent whilst developing the notion?! -ron o.

Sure.

You got some documentation for this? I can't find anything on the web for 'lobster tiles' except the sort of tile you might use to cover the wall in your shower.

Jackie, was this an ad for The Outback Steakhouse? he is saying lobster tails. and they are showing pictures of lobster tails. nothing more than a strong accent.

if there is some other restaurant that calls them tiles, they are just totally confused, or thinking that they're very clever...

Yes, their menu is available online and lists tails, with nary a tile.

The lobster was sliced into disks. Hence Tiles, I guess.
I try to get a menu and take a picture.

Thats good Luke...cause I think you are not believed here

Funny how you can have Lobster Tiles on an Aussie menu over in the States and we have never heard of it back home! But then I don't eat out much.

oh, I can believe someone would do that, but I think they were either confused (I'm being generous here), or thinking that they were making a clever word joke. which I suppose, it could be.

It confused me too, and the reason I remember it, is that I
asked what they were, lobster tiles. And they told me
sliced lobster tail.

I will do what I can to get a menu, it's been a few months now
and may be difficult. But as for being believed, ask me if
I care. Discussion comes from across the globe on this site,
and many a discussion takes a grain of salt to be believed.
Perhaps eating roadkill turtle?????? For me disease would be
the first thing I'd be worried about.

And lots of people are very knowledgeable when it comes to
linguistics, which, of course is the purpose of the site,
but not everything fits into a liguistic discussion.
I think perhaps Buff has it closest: someone either did not
understand an Aussie, or was playing a joke on the accent
"tile" for "tail".

And to quote from Anu today:


Why verb a noun when a perfectly serviceable verb 'to befriend' is already a part of the language? But language grows with need, and 'to friend' someone online is not necessarily the same as 'to befriend'. Each new verb or noun adds a new shade to the mosaic of the language.

Why verb a noun when a perfectly serviceable verb 'to befriend' is already a part of the language? But language grows with need, and 'to friend' someone online is not necessarily the same as 'to befriend'. Each new verb or noun adds a new shade to the mosaic of the language.

I believe you on your word Luke but:

Why slice up a perfectly serviceable lobster tail when we have knives and forks? I fear this is how they come, in ready-to-go deep frozen packages.

I expect Lewis Caroll to come back and tell the Tale of the Lobster Tile. :-)

Why verb a noun when a perfectly serviceable verb 'to befriend' is already a part of the language?

Well, the noun friend was verb early in the 15th century. If one looks at the citations for befriend, one discovers it was first used more than one hundred years later. (All citations from the OED online.) This is so funny. Almost as funny as folks who get all wiggy about using till instead of until. The former also is older than the latter.