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Turtleneck Posted Tue 04 Nov, 2008 5:16 PM |
| I think they're the same, but yours are cut up a little more. Ours are usually the whole potato wedge. Some people leave the skin on, too. |
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Meridith Posted Tue 04 Nov, 2008 6:01 PM |
| mmmm potatoes. Kayte and Kristy you are making me hungry. Back to the topic, I did my part as well. Let's hope it works and we don't have to start pronouncing aluminum the correct way. btw...how are we supposed to be saying it??? |
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Meridith Posted Tue 04 Nov, 2008 6:06 PM |
minnmess wrote:
Home fries:
We have these potatoes here too. I've never known an official name for them though. Breakfast potatoes? |
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minnmess Posted Tue 04 Nov, 2008 6:09 PM |
meh, we call those homefries. Strictly a breakfast/1pm sunday afternoon not really breakfast time any more but you want breakfast food kinda a thing.
just found out that im at work until 8 tonight. Joy. |
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kiwi Posted Tue 04 Nov, 2008 8:25 PM |
Meridith wrote: mmmm potatoes. Kayte and Kristy you are making me hungry. Back to the topic, I did my part as well. Let's hope it works and we don't have to start pronouncing aluminum the correct way. btw...how are we supposed to be saying it???
hmmm i'm bad at spelling things phonetically....
al-you-min-yum... something along those lines... |
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fenchurch Posted Tue 04 Nov, 2008 8:30 PM |
Meridith wrote: mmmm potatoes. Kayte and Kristy you are making me hungry. Back to the topic, I did my part as well. Let's hope it works and we don't have to start pronouncing aluminum the correct way. btw...how are we supposed to be saying it???
How do you say it? Cos I've never noticed it being said wrong before. Then again, I don't think people go around saying "aluminium" much. What I notice is the name Graham, do all Americans say "Gram"? |
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Moray Posted Tue 04 Nov, 2008 8:30 PM |
| potatoes? For breakfast? Madness |
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Turtleneck Posted Tue 04 Nov, 2008 8:35 PM |
kiwi wrote: Meridith wrote: mmmm potatoes. Kayte and Kristy you are making me hungry. Back to the topic, I did my part as well. Let's hope it works and we don't have to start pronouncing aluminum the correct way. btw...how are we supposed to be saying it???
hmmm i'm bad at spelling things phonetically....
al-you-min-yum... something along those lines...
Yes, they say 5 syllables instead of 4. Sorta like
al-you-mini-um. The "u" is pronounced like "you" instead of just "oo" and there's a "mini" in the middle. |
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minnmess Posted Tue 04 Nov, 2008 8:37 PM |
Moray wrote: potatoes? For breakfast? Madness
is not! and im pretty sure i had potatoes for breakfast in your homeland. With blood pudding. Now that is madness. Any by "had blood pudding" i mean "took a teeny bite and then pushed off my plate." |
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minnmess Posted Tue 04 Nov, 2008 8:44 PM |
fenchurch wrote: [quote="Meridith"]
How do you say it? Cos I've never noticed it being said wrong before. Then again, I don't think people go around saying "aluminium" much. What I notice is the name Graham, do all Americans say "Gram"?
my friends brother is Graham and is not pleased when people call him Gram instead of Gray-um |
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Turtleneck Posted Tue 04 Nov, 2008 8:45 PM |
minnmess wrote: Moray wrote: potatoes? For breakfast? Madness
is not! and im pretty sure i had potatoes for breakfast in your homeland. With blood pudding. Now that is madness. Any by "had blood pudding" i mean "took a teeny bite and then pushed off my plate."
Potatoes are acceptable at any time of day.
Blood pudding? What kind of blood? Is that what vampires eat for their birthdays? |
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minnmess Posted Tue 04 Nov, 2008 8:56 PM |
the poor vampire that has to eat that!
It's cow or pig... Cant remember
and gross.
Haggis is okay, but its is amazing when compared to blood pudding.
While i was eating it, there was a homless man outside the restaurant who literally looked like he was out of a Dicken's novel. The hilarity of that instance will live with me forever. And also being really confused when the waitress asked me what kind of coffee i want. "umm, just regular coffee." Apperently she was looking for the answer "white" or "black" |
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Meridith Posted Tue 04 Nov, 2008 9:01 PM |
fenchurch wrote: Meridith wrote: mmmm potatoes. Kayte and Kristy you are making me hungry. Back to the topic, I did my part as well. Let's hope it works and we don't have to start pronouncing aluminum the correct way. btw...how are we supposed to be saying it???
How do you say it? Cos I've never noticed it being said wrong before. Then again, I don't think people go around saying "aluminium" much. What I notice is the name Graham, do all Americans say "Gram"?
Here we say it a-loo-min-um. I think most Americans say Gram when saying Graham. We might draw out the "a" a little like Gra-am. At least that is how it is in my region of the country. |
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fenchurch Posted Tue 04 Nov, 2008 9:16 PM |
Meridith wrote:
Here we say it a-loo-min-um. I think most Americans say Gram when saying Graham. We might draw out the "a" a little like Gra-am. At least that is how it is in my region of the country.
Yeah, I was watching The Holiday the other day and Cameron Diaz kept saying "Gram". I think "Gray-um", sounds much nicer. Probably just cos I'm used to it. |
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kiwi Posted Tue 04 Nov, 2008 9:26 PM |
Turtleneck wrote: kiwi wrote: Meridith wrote: mmmm potatoes. Kayte and Kristy you are making me hungry. Back to the topic, I did my part as well. Let's hope it works and we don't have to start pronouncing aluminum the correct way. btw...how are we supposed to be saying it???
hmmm i'm bad at spelling things phonetically....
al-you-min-yum... something along those lines...
Yes, they say 5 syllables instead of 4. Sorta like
al-you-mini-um. The "u" is pronounced like "you" instead of just "oo" and there's a "mini" in the middle.
lol I nearly put in the i in, maybe it's my accent... we say it pretty much the same as the UK |
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