Yeah, yeah, I get it.

Either I hang with a select group of slang users, or it's just dumb luck. My circle of friends do tend to be the type to use abbreviated words more than most.... just for fun. Old sayings too- gotta keep em alive!

I'll raise my hand here too and say Americans do not say "brekkie."

If there isn't the right sort of English or Australian person to use the term in your group, odds are one of them (or likely a subgroup) probably had some of that sort of friend around for a while, or lived over there somewhere, or was hooked on the wrong sort of TV from one country or the other.

The whole "dumb abbreviations" of that sort is very much a feature of certain sorts of commonwealth dialects. Perhaps it's coincidence, but if I were a betting man, I'd bet on it being borrowing and not convergence.

(In email/text speak, as abbreviations I see Americans use a lot lest pseudo-phonetic cutesy-ness; it'd be more likely to become b-fast or bkfst or something of that sort.)

"I have to see a man about a horse" for going to the can?

Amazing how a silly thread got sidetracked by something sillier.

I like that.



I have never, ever, ever, ever heard any natural-born U.S. citizen call
it brekkie, though once I heard an American woman of Irish descent
call it "brekkers." OTOH. anyone with an IQ of greater than about 40
should be able to figure it out. ...

While linguistically fascinating, I'd like to remind all: topic check!

Perhaps someone would like to start a food/meal/menu idioms thread.... Until then, further off-topic posts will be deleted.

Thanks,

cblaisd
Co-Moderator, Dining Buzz

Something changed with the McNuggets (and perhaps some of their other menu items) over the last several years. I recently had them after not eating at McDonald's for a while and they were definitely less appetizing than I remember. The pancakes I had during another visit also tasted a bit off--kinda like the batter was oversweetened or something.

Oh and the prices went up significantly too. That 10 piece McNugget meal costed $8 something after tax. Not sure it's worthwhile to visit anymore considering all that.

McDonalds made a change, I think it was in 2014, to all white meat chicken for McNuggets. Since then I've liked the quality.

I never liked the pancakes at McD so I haven't tried them in many years, but it would not surprise me if the batter uses an alternative sweetener now instead of cane or corn sugar, so that McD can lower the calorie count on them.

Does anyone else miss the original Chicken Select strips that were breaded not battered? They were Circa 2002 IIRC and they were great!

Instead of mixing the batter and cooking the hotcakes in store, they are now pre-made in a large manufacturing plant, flash frozen, shipped to the store, and reheated in store like you would buy in the freezer aisle at a grocery store. The consistency in size and taste store to store, as well as reduction of in-store labor costs are the thinking behind this procedure.

The change to all white meat was somewhere in 2003-5; it happened (at least around here) back when I had a much longer commute and driving through was the easiest dinner on the way home.

There may well be other changes to the recipe since; they definitely seem blander these days than I remember, even relative to the change to all white meat (which I liked, as they were much more solid.)

(cite, beyond memory: http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/...nuggets.50164/ )

we have seen mcdonolds from luxury to household (i mean parties with friends).

do you mcdonalds philipines is local owned?

Forget the chicken strips, bring back the Mighty Wings!

Never had a bad McDonalds!

Yeah ... McD's is good eating !!

Any McRib sightings ?

Also, though I did think the move to fresh meat patties from frozen in their Quarter Pounders was a positive move ... the following doesnt look goodhttps://thenightly.com.au/world/usa/...fe--c-16487910

For the first time in a very long time I broke down and ordered a bacon quarter pounder last week. It was the most disgusting thing I have been served ever!!! Frozen and thawed patty, stale bun and something some people might claim was bacon.

Now we find that they can't even bother to cut the onions fresh in the restaurant. The ones poisoning people were processed in some giant factory and shipped to the (I am not sure I can even call them) restaurants. It is very sad since at one time Mickey Dee's served good, reasonably priced food. Now they do neither.