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AnotherFairportfan
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by AnotherFairportfan » Thu May 25, 2017 9:20 pm
Catawampus wrote: TazManiac wrote: The only more common item is the Pasty, which had evolved to include tassels hanging from the tip.
Not to be confused with "pastries", though such confusion could potentially lead to some interesting situations.
...or, for that matter,
pasties .
{Which were traditionally dyed a bright pink.}
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by Opus the Poet » Thu May 25, 2017 10:13 pm
AnotherFairportfan wrote: Catawampus wrote: TazManiac wrote: The only more common item is the Pasty, which had evolved to include tassels hanging from the tip.
Not to be confused with "pastries", though such confusion could potentially lead to some interesting situations.
...or, for that matter,
pasties .
{Which were traditionally dyed a bright pink.}
And to add more confusion to the mix the Pasty I'm familiar with
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasty
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by Typeminer » Thu May 25, 2017 10:32 pm
^ That's the kind I learned about from Alton Brown (singular "pasty"). He blamed the Welsh.
Not sure who's to blame for the singular "pastie" things (Taz spelled it wrong).
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AnotherFairportfan
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by AnotherFairportfan » Fri May 26, 2017 1:08 am
Typeminer wrote: ^ That's the kind I learned about from Alton Brown (singular "pasty"). He blamed the Welsh.
Not sure who's to blame for the singular "pastie" things (Taz spelled it wrong).
The Wikipedia article i linked said they were Irish.
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by Warrl » Fri May 26, 2017 9:59 am
Catawampus wrote: TazManiac wrote: The only more common item is the Pasty, which had evolved to include tassels hanging from the tip.
Not to be confused with "pastries", though such confusion could potentially lead to some interesting situations.
Also not to be confused with the Cornish pasty - which is the Celtic version of dim sum, potstickers, sandwiches, calzone, etc.
TazManiac
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by TazManiac » Fri May 26, 2017 11:45 pm
Typeminer wrote: ^ That's the kind I learned about from Alton Brown (singular "pasty"). He blamed the Welsh.
Not sure who's to blame for the singular "pastie" things (Taz spelled it wrong).
Sorry, 'Pasties' as plural seemed to fall to 'Pasty' as a singular. At least in my built in Thesaurus/Spellcheck Mechanism...
AnotherFairportfan
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by AnotherFairportfan » Sat May 27, 2017 2:31 am
TazManiac wrote: Typeminer wrote: ^ That's the kind I learned about from Alton Brown (singular "pasty"). He blamed the Welsh.
Not sure who's to blame for the singular "pastie" things (Taz spelled it wrong).
Sorry, 'Pasties' as plural seemed to fall to 'Pasty' as a singular. At least in my built in Thesaurus/Spellcheck Mechanism...
You are expecting logical construction of plurals in words that originate in the British Isles?
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by Dave » Sat May 27, 2017 2:56 am
AnotherFairportfan wrote: You are expecting logical construction of plurals in words that originate in the British Isles?
Why, certainly. It's all very logical. All you have to do is consider the numerous languages from which the root words were adopted, and apply a few simple rules.
Words with origins in Latin, will use the pluralization rules derived from Norse languages (Icelandic in particular). Words with origins in the northern Romance languages (French, Breton, and Manx) will be pluralized as if they were being spoken in Welsh by an Irishman originally raised in Romania. Words with Celtic roots normally use Swahili plurals, unless you are using them in conversation at a card table during a game of Dragon Poker and have two jacks in your hand, in which case Kirk punches you every time you try to pronounce them.
It's really quite simple.
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by Gyrrakavian » Sat May 27, 2017 6:17 am
Atsali: "Wow, this bakery can't spell for beans!"
[enters shop as Nadette protests while being dragged in]
[hillairty ensues]
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by TazManiac » Sun May 28, 2017 3:13 pm
(Sorry, I was distracted by the boobies...)
Taz toddles off to cackle in a most juvenile fashion...