Things you refuse to call by their new name

Dirty Harry said:
More of a pronunciation than the spelling, but ‘Ketones’ and ‘Ketogenic’ etc.
Was always pronounced ‘Kett owns’ and ‘Kettogenic’ in the 70s and 80s, then suddenly became ‘Key tones’ etc etc.

Anyone remember when there was a little movement to pronounce ‘Data’ (Dayta) as ‘ Darta’ ?
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When my lad lost his pancreas Kee-tones were something we had to monitor if his Blood sugars went above 20-mmol. This is how the diabetes team pronounced it, and i'd never heard of the little fuckers previously
 
Kippax Street 1880 said:
I know but in a coffeeshop abroad It is the closest to an instant coffee you would make at home. You can ask for an Americano with milk like you did but the Italian barista WILL look at you like you walked in their house on Christmas day and pissed on the presents.

Adding cold milk to hot drinks just isn't done on the continent. They look at me like I'm an alien when I make an English cup of tea in the Amsterdam coffeeshops lol
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Whenever I'm away nowadays I ask for a double espresso with a bit of milk.
If they can't figure that out they can fuck off ; )

Anyway, I'm not sure calling it an Americano is helpful as it makes you think it's just a normal coffee in the states.
Like how over here they have "English muffins", which is more like a cross between a scone and a crumpet and over there you have something called a steak Canadian. No idea what the fuck that is.

O.K, now I'm raging. ; )

P.S, The Mexican wave is just called the wave anywhere outside of the U.K : )
 
talkativesprout said:
When my lad lost his pancreas Kee-tones were something we had to monitor if his Blood sugars went above 20-mmol. This is how the diabetes team pronounced it, and i'd never heard of the little fuckers previously
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How long ago was that ?
As mad as it sounds, as a kid growing up in Wythenshawe almost 50 years ago, I actually used to go to the library and read books on nutrition, physiology etc, that when I first became aware of it, in the books it would have in brackets how it was pronounced, it was like that for a long time but seemed to change around 20 years or so ago.

Sorry to hear about your lad btw, hope he’s doing ok.
 
The Lightbowne Cowboy said:
Don't forget Hazels cafe and that record shop.
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Hazels... I found hundreds of pounds worth of Luncheon vouchers in a bag dumped near the old derelict building that is now the football museum in the early 80's we tried to use them at Hazel's and that Chippy where Sinclairs and that are now. Me and my mate got ran out of both of them. We were about 10yrs old.
 
Lavinda Past said:
Starters. Why do restaurants insist on using the word 'entrees'? Pretentious bastards.

Living room not 'lounge'
Spare room not 'guest bedroom'

The Parlour is a front room without a TV that you keep for specialoccasions, i.e. Christmas dinner, or just in case royalty comes round, or for laying out the body when you've had a bereavement. It's not a 'snug' or 'lounge'.
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A lounge is a room in a pub.
 
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