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>plastic silverware
I've always found that strange. For non US readers - (silverware=cutlery), so our plastic cutlery (knives and forks, spoons) would be "silverware" - do you get free silverware in yoghurt pots?
Along the same lines - state room (on a boat) = cabin, I was expecting Louis XIV funiture and gold plating everywhere!
>fresh frozen
We were given some Betty Crocker cake mix which had "with artificial flavorings" proclaimed proudly across the pack
- we keep quiet about that kind of thing here - it's usually buried deep in the small print.
>friendly fire
You can just see the smiles on their faces, can't you!
not quite oxymorons but along the same lines:
here:
>farm fresh eggs
= eggs from battery hens who have never set foot in a farm
> home made (on pub or service station menu)
re-heated frozen food, made in a factory
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