Word Aversion

[Latimer]

A number of those are not verbs in the English that was taught to me, and most have considerably different meaning when used either as a noun or verb.
My objection is to utilising the typical meaning of a noun as a verb.
E.g., "plate your food", "passengers deplaned",

to cup, to divorce, to drink, to dress, to fool, to host, to lure, to merge, to model, to mutter, to salt, to pepper, to ship, to sleep, to strike, to style, to host, to train

I left out chair* and intern, although a good argument could be made for each of them. The others are essential to contemporary usage, and I assume have been for some time. I don't believe they have considerably different meanings. A good example would be "cup": the noun describes an object, the verb describes an action in which one simulates the object with one's hands. There are many virtues to English, and one of them is its malleability.

*I particularly like "chair", as it brings to mind the image of a chairman sitting in a chair. It also brings to mind "cathedral", which is the church of a bishop, coming from the Latin "cathedra", or chair, as in the chair of a bishop. Which also brings to mind "seat", as in "the seat of a bishop". For that matter, did seat start as a noun or a verb?

 

[metta]

And who orders a grilled cheese in a restaurant? A lot of people, I know, but for god's sake go home, toss some buttered bread in a pan and make it the fuck yourself.

Now I want to try cooking one in a pan. I have never done that before. I have a dualit (british) toaster with a grilled sandwich section that I have always used.

 

[LoveMyPeppermill]

And who orders a grilled cheese in a restaurant? A lot of people, I know, but for god's sake go home, toss some buttered bread in a pan and make it the fuck yourself.

Buttered bread?

Mayo. Use mayo. It will give the bread a slight crispiness that butter cannot match.

 

[LoveMyPeppermill]

It also brings to mind "cathedral", which is the church of a bishop, coming from the Latin "cathedra", or chair, as in the chair of a bishop.

Exactly. As many casual bloggers and social media types, and too many journalists, seem not to understand, "cathedral" does not mean simply "big-ass church."

For example, Sagrada Familia in Barcelona is not a cathedral. Barcelona already has a cathedral, the same one it's had for 700 years or so.

 

[LoveMyPeppermill]

And, by the way, I think that the ability to verb a noun is an excellent example of the flexibility that is one of the English language's greatest strengths.

 

[NotHardUp1]

Buttered bread?

Mayo. Use mayo. It will give the bread a slight crispiness that butter cannot match.

To each his own, but I am not converted to the mayo superiority view on toasted sandwiches.

Butter has an actual flavor, and it is not nothing. I've tried both, and I cannot say the texture difference is worth the flavor change.

Also, I kinda think the mayo edge is due to people grilling grilled sandwiches without the attentiveness to not using too much butter. If they control the heat, it won't burn.

 

[Peloso]

Buttered bread?

Mayo. Use mayo. It will give the bread a slight crispiness that butter cannot match.

Oh no.

No no no no.

The whole appeal of a grilled cheese sandwich is that taste of the grilled butter soaked into the bread.

Simple though it may be, butter is one of mankind's greatest achievements.

 

[pigface]

"mayo" is an obnoxious abbreviation.
Mahonnaise has no "y" in it.

 

[Vannie]

All this grilled cheese talk has got me hard.

 

[Alistair]

Buttered bread?

Mayo. Use mayo. It will give the bread a slight crispiness that butter cannot match.

It’s the only way to go. Lately I have found that I prefer using white American cheese. It has a richer flavor

 

[Peloso]

It’s the only way to go. Lately I have found that I prefer using white American cheese. It has a richer flavor

I would never. Mayonnaise is for french fries.

And what's with american cheese (note: America no longer needs to be capitalized) these days? Look at the ingredients on Kraft or Borden or any major brand and the first ingredient is cheddar cheese. It tastes like cheddar too. The cheap store brands are usually real american cheese.

 

[Vannie]

I fry my grilled cheese in a pound of butter and dip it in 2 cups of mayonnaise mixed with 2 crushed up Warfarin tablets.

 

[Alistair]

I would never. Mayonnaise is for french fries.

And what's with american cheese (note: America no longer needs to be capitalized) these days? Look at the ingredients on Kraft or Borden or any major brand and the first ingredient is cheddar cheese. It tastes like cheddar too. The cheap store brands are usually real american cheese.

Autocorrect. Makes american cheese, french fries and belgian waffles automatically American cheese, French fries and Belgian waffles.

The brand I by (Crystal Farms) uses American cheese as the base. No cheddar cheese on a grilled cheese sandwich. It has to be melty American cheese.

 

[fredroy]

I asked at a Mexican restaurant what kind of cheese they use on enchiladas. I expected some odd Mexican cheese but they use American. The HEB sells it in two pound blocks.

Cheddar on enchiladas "breaks" and gets greasy.

I haven't tried mayo on fries. I like a puddle of ketchup and mustard. 2:1.5 about.

 

[Alistair]

Autocorrect. Makes american cheese, french fries and belgian waffles automatically American cheese, French fries and Belgian waffles.

The brand I by (Crystal Farms) uses American cheese as the base. No cheddar cheese on a grilled cheese sandwich. It has to be melty American cheese.

*Buy

 

[eddielee]

Zit and veggies are 2 words that irritate me. They are vegetables, not veggies. Screw that word! As for "zit" it's a blemish or more vulgarly, a pimple.

 

[Vannie]

Zit and veggies are 2 words that irritate me. They are vegetables, not veggies. Screw that word! As for "zit" it's a blemish or more vulgarly, a pimple.

If you dont eat your veggies you're gonna get zits eddielee.

 

[Kahaih]

If you dont eat your veggies you're gonna get zits eddielee.

Veggies cause wedgies

As if you didn't know

 

[Latimer]

I also hate "veggies". Babytalk. I particularly hate seeing it printed on a menu. I also hate it when a server in a restaurant asks, "How are we enjoying our meal?" This is wrong in so many ways I won't even begin...

 

[Vannie]

Do you have an issue with cheeses of color?

Veggies cause wedgies

As if you didn't know

Nothing like a good wedgie.