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.
Last edited by LukeJavan8; 06/13/11 04:00 PM.
