an examinfication of words n stuff

stike · July 2008

(with tongue firmly in cheek)

marinate=to soak something in a liquid for flavor(past tense "marinated" as in "i marinated it in marinade..."

marinade=the liquid you marinate with (not a verb, no such thing as "i marinaded it in marinate")

barbecue= food that has been prepared by smoking low and slow. NOT a synonym for "cookout". you don't go to a barbecue, you eat barbecue. (not easy for Northerners to understand)

slab of ribs= the whole chunk of ribs (11 to 14 ribs)

rack of ribs= something you get when cutting a slab into two or three pieces "cut me a rack of ribs from that slab"

steak=a slice of meat from a primal or a roast

stake=something you stab thru a vampire's heart

Buckethead · July 2008

My favorite is STAKE.
Doug

Sundown · July 2008

Whoa! Hehehehe.

I never had the balls to point out some of those obvious grammatic faux pas!

No punctuation though.

Unknown · July 2008

I staked my tomatoes. What does that mean?

stike · July 2008

were/where/wear they beefsteak tomatos/tomatoes or beefstake tomatos/tomatoes?

stike · July 2008

exactly, i'm a big offender of the punctionation and capitalization conventions. this ain't an OED forum, of course. i just thought it might be fun to bring up some running favotrites. there are a lot more, but i figured i'd get the ball rolling.

hahaha

i am not above reproach myself, FWIW.

stike · July 2008

aw. now no pickin on him. that dude is postin a lot of stuff and keeping the baord active. i put that on there just to razz him.

i ain't so goodly an english writer and talker myself.

Buster Dog BBQ · July 2008

thanks a (space) lot.

stike · July 2008

"your" welcome

(gah!)

Buckethead · July 2008

noth'n personal just love stake.

Cecil · July 2008

Thanks,
Off to water the plants. (Using my hosepipe)

Walt

Sundown · July 2008

Yo jus' kan't hep yo sef' kin ya?

Cecil · July 2008

Signing a card (my last name) Love,
The Johnson's
Things like this drive me nut's!

Walt

stike · July 2008

THAT'S the other one i couldn't remember. the rampant apostrophe added to make "word's" plural.

viz. "made some wing's and burger's and steak's yesterday..."

Old Salt · July 2008

stike wrote:

exactly, i'm a big offender of the punctionation and capitalization conventions. this ain't an OED forum, of course. i just thought it might be fun to bring up some running favotrites. there are a lot more, but i figured i'd get the ball rolling.

hahaha

i am not above reproach myself, FWIW.

What are favotrites?

an examinfication of words n stuff

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