More English confusion

   / More English confusion #51  
Frankenkubota said:
Jethro took granny to a drug store in Beverly Hills.

Boy was she pissed!

They didnt sell any of the ingredients she was looking for.

From that point on, granny made everyone call-it a What Not store and she smacked you if you called it a drug store.
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Well, you can't find possum gizzards at just any old drug store.
 
   / More English confusion #56  
the old grind said:
I thinking about getting a second job so I can afford spinach and hot dogs ...
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Been there; done that. We used to save for a month so we could have a couple of T-bones on the grill. They were about .99 cents a pound in those days.
 
   / More English confusion #57  
Waiting to see when bank booths show up in checkout lines for quick loans :-(

And do any of you know what rocket is :cool:
 
   / More English confusion #58  
My favorite has always been 'outside cut of a rare roast'.
Dark and spicy one side and pink on the other.
LOL, U have to get there early to order that!
 
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kenmbz said:
Waiting to see when bank booths show up in checkout lines for quick loans :-(

And do any of you know what rocket is :cool:
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I think you call it aragula (sp), peppery flat leaf green, we like it, we call it rocket and it has another name too but can't recall what it is.
 
   / More English confusion #60  
Rocket, aka arugula, aka eruca. Relative of kale and broccoli...
Eruca vesicaria - Wikipedia
Apparently, it is also called "ruchetta", "rucola", "rucoli", "rugula", "colewort", and "roquette".

Aren't dialects wonderful?

I remember a story about a kidnapper who was located because he used a very local word for the strip of earth between opposite lanes of traffic in a city. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/503012/12-regional-idioms-‘highway-median-strip’

All the best,

Peter
 
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