Neither. I HATE beans-n-franks.

I would say, "I am taking a main course," if I were not at the church when I spoke. If I happened to be at the church I would say, "I am bringing a main course."

Mr. Klinger in HS freshman English drilled these rules into my head more than 40 years ago, and they stuck.

There is a term for this: deixis. See this website:

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/aue/bring.html

BTW, this would have been a GREAT hogwash word.


TEd