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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:08 pm
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Does this trend annoy anyone? Lots of people seem to think it's cute to
say "warm and toasty" or just "toasty" when they just mean "warm".
Simon.
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:43 pm
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Simon asked whether the tendency to say "warm and toasty" or "toasty"
instead of simply "warm" annoys anyone.
I live in the UK and have never heard either "warm and toasty" or
"toasty". Are they American expressions?
Roger |
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ray o'hara
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 11:21 pm
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<sm_jamieson@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Does this trend annoy anyone? Lots of people seem to think it's cute to
say "warm and toasty" or just "toasty" when they just mean "warm".
Simon.
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No, it doesn't offend me. And trend makes it sound like some new usage as
opposed to an old saying I heard all my life.
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CDB
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 12:31 am
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<rogertidy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Simon asked whether the tendency to say "warm and toasty" or
"toasty"
instead of simply "warm" annoys anyone.
I live in the UK and have never heard either "warm and toasty" or
"toasty". Are they American expressions?
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Yes: an extension of the common domestic expression "warm as toast".
Common in North America only, I suppose, because yours isn't served
that way. |
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Don Phillipson
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 12:44 am
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<rogertidy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I live in the UK and have never heard either "warm and toasty" or
"toasty". Are they American expressions?
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One reason may be because Americans like to eat
their toast hot whereas Britons so prefer cold toast
as to have invented a "toast rack" to speed its
cooling.
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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
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ray o'hara
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:34 am
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"Don Phillipson" <d.phillipson@ttrryytteell.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | rogertidy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1123778587.601642.259390@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
I live in the UK and have never heard either "warm and toasty" or
"toasty". Are they American expressions?
One reason may be because Americans like to eat
their toast hot whereas Britons so prefer cold toast
as to have invented a "toast rack" to speed its
cooling.
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Warm Coke,cold toast, brits are weird.
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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
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Ignotus
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:10 am
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As a "working class" English kid, I grew up thinking that cold toast was a
sign of "upper class" behaviour and only we peasants enjoyed the hot
buttered variety. (Yum.) |
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ray o'hara
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:42 am
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"Ignotus" <ppoet@space.net.au> wrote in message
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| Quote: | As a "working class" English kid, I grew up thinking that cold toast was a
sign of "upper class" behaviour and only we peasants enjoyed the hot
buttered variety. (Yum.)
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Giving credence to Monty Python's Upper Class Twit of the Year Award |
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meirman
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:54 am
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In alt.english.usage on Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:34:07 -0400 "ray o'hara"
<roh@comcast.net> posted:
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"Don Phillipson" <d.phillipson@ttrryytteell.com> wrote in message
news:q1NKe.1187$Dd.4013@newscontent-01.sprint.ca...
rogertidy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1123778587.601642.259390@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
I live in the UK and have never heard either "warm and toasty" or
"toasty". Are they American expressions?
One reason may be because Americans like to eat
their toast hot whereas Britons so prefer cold toast
as to have invented a "toast rack" to speed its
cooling.
Warm Coke,cold toast, brits are weird.
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FWIW, I think the taste of soft drinks is more apparent when they are
at room temperature. It's not as refreshing of course, but fo that I
personally usually use refrigerated water.
But the notion of cold toast does not appeal to me. When I have
toast, and there is more than I can eat at one time, I can see the
remaining toast getting cold and hard while I eat the slice I'm on.
It's a dilemma.
s/ meirman
Posting from alt.english.usage
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For gosh sakes, when you ask a question, say what sort of English you are asking about.
When you give an answer, say in what part of the world you think your answer is valid.
If you are emailing me please
say if you are posting the same response.
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meirman
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:55 am
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In alt.english.usage on Fri, 12 Aug 2005 08:10:18 +0800 "Ignotus"
<ppoet@space.net.au> posted:
| Quote: | As a "working class" English kid, I grew up thinking that cold toast was a
sign of "upper class" behaviour and only we peasants enjoyed the hot
buttered variety. (Yum.)
Now I'm confused. Were you right? |
s/ meirman
Posting from alt.english.usage
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For gosh sakes, when you ask a question, say what sort of English you are asking about.
When you give an answer, say in what part of the world you think your answer is valid.
If you are emailing me please
say if you are posting the same response.
Town NW of Pittsburgh Pa. 0 to 10 years | Brooklyn 12 years
Indianapolis 7 years | Now in
Chicago 6 years | Baltimore 22 years |
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Ignotus
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 7:01 am
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I'm not sure, but I suspect Nancy Mitford's breakfast table would still have
a toast rack on it.
I've never owned one, haven't lived in England for nigh on forty years, and
still find hot buttered toast delicious. |
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ray o'hara
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 7:01 am
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"meirman" <meirman@invalid.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | In alt.english.usage on Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:34:07 -0400 "ray o'hara"
roh@comcast.net> posted:
"Don Phillipson" <d.phillipson@ttrryytteell.com> wrote in message
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rogertidy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I live in the UK and have never heard either "warm and toasty" or
"toasty". Are they American expressions?
One reason may be because Americans like to eat
their toast hot whereas Britons so prefer cold toast
as to have invented a "toast rack" to speed its
cooling.
Warm Coke,cold toast, brits are weird.
FWIW, I think the taste of soft drinks is more apparent when they are
at room temperature. It's not as refreshing of course, but fo that I
personally usually use refrigerated water.
But the notion of cold toast does not appeal to me. When I have
toast, and there is more than I can eat at one time, I can see the
remaining toast getting cold and hard while I eat the slice I'm on.
It's a dilemma.
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That's why there are birds.If you have a cat toss the crumbs near a bush or
high grass that gives good cover. |
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 1:41 pm
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meirman wrote:
| Quote: | In alt.english.usage on Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:34:07 -0400 "ray o'hara"
roh@comcast.net> posted:
"Don Phillipson" <d.phillipson@ttrryytteell.com> wrote in message
news:q1NKe.1187$Dd.4013@newscontent-01.sprint.ca...
rogertidy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1123778587.601642.259390@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
I live in the UK and have never heard either "warm and toasty" or
"toasty". Are they American expressions?
One reason may be because Americans like to eat
their toast hot whereas Britons so prefer cold toast
as to have invented a "toast rack" to speed its
cooling.
Warm Coke,cold toast, brits are weird.
FWIW, I think the taste of soft drinks is more apparent when they are
at room temperature. It's not as refreshing of course, but fo that I
personally usually use refrigerated water.
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I most wholeheartedly agree! When carbonated drinks are refrigerated,
all they taste of is "cold". This is true for soft drinks as well as
the fizzy lagers which technically arent't carbonated, but you all know
what I mean. If I wish to savour the flavour of a Coke, I will have it
at room temperature, but if I just wish to quench my thirst I will
partake of a cold glass of water or squash. |
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 3:40 pm
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| Quote: | I live in the UK and have never heard either "warm and toasty" or
"toasty". Are they American expressions?
Do a web / group search on the expression and you will see what I mean. |
I have just tried it. I've no idea if the phrase started in America.
Simon. |
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Pavel314
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:19 pm
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<sm_jamieson@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1123776496.021433.15780@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | Does this trend annoy anyone? Lots of people seem to think it's cute to
say "warm and toasty" or just "toasty" when they just mean "warm".
Simon.
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To me, being warm is a statement of fact, while being toasty is being warm
and comfortable and enjoying it; sort of like the German word
"gemutlichheit".
Paul |
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