why do american restaurants call main dishes "entrées"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:its been 75 years since you won that war... you have lost all 5 wars you fought after that so get over yourselves.

US won WW2? That's news to me. US entered very late, and the Russians are the ones who really ground down Hitler.

americans love to take credit for things they didnt do. Like ww2. And like stealing languages and f***ing them up. Even english wasn't safe!

[Anonymous]

OP, the fact that you thought this was worth a post tells me that you don’t have enough to worry about. Hope your day is excellent.

[Anonymous]

I would be a lot happier if we could turn this thread into people geeking out over linguistics instead of insulting each other.

Language can be absurdly fun and fascinating. Let's embrace how weird language is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:its been 75 years since you won that war... you have lost all 5 wars you fought after that so get over yourselves.

US won WW2? That's news to me. US entered very late, and the Russians are the ones who really ground down Hitler.

americans love to take credit for things they didnt do. Like ww2. And like stealing languages and f***ing them up. Even english wasn't safe!

It's almost like American English is its own language. Imagine that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be a lot happier if we could turn this thread into people geeking out over linguistics instead of insulting each other.

Language can be absurdly fun and fascinating. Let's embrace how weird language is.

Gay

Great example of linguistic shift. Interestingly one of the first documented uses of "gay" to mean "homosexual" is known the film Bringing Up Baby.

[Anonymous]

If all of your home countries are so much better than the States, why are you having a discussion on this forum?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:its been 75 years since you won that war... you have lost all 5 wars you fought after that so get over yourselves.

US won WW2? That's news to me. US entered very late, and the Russians are the ones who really ground down Hitler.

americans love to take credit for things they didnt do. Like ww2. And like stealing languages and f***ing them up. Even english wasn't safe!

It's almost like American English is its own language. Imagine that.

Dialect perhaps. It's mutually intelligible with other English speakers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are many borrowed phrases in language usage. Why do the French use "le pullover" or "le weekend?"

I think the point is that Americans (main) use the word differently than Brits (appetizer).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don't speak French. We speak English.

Then stop using words like cafe, restaurant, chic, brunette, cliche, deja vu, bouquet, chef, boutique, bureau, and more...

Stop invading England and we can talk.

Girl I'm on my couch in Fairfax, I'm not invading anyone.

Guy. The Normans invaded England in 1066. English was colonized by French.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are many borrowed phrases in language usage. Why do the French use "le pullover" or "le weekend?"

I think the point is that Americans (main) use the word differently than Brits (appetizer).

The interesting thing is when people compare British and American English word usage and pronunciation people often assume that Americans made the change. But that often isn't true, like for the voiced "h" in "herb".

https://glossophilia.org/2021/02/you-say-erb-i-say-herb-american-vs-british-pronunciation-of-loan-words/

https://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2014/09/herb.html?m=1

[Anonymous]

What breaks my heart is Trump deporting all the wrong immigrants.

[Anonymous]

English is organic Esperanto. It takes from many different languages.

[Anonymous]

Troll

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If all of your home countries are so much better than the States, why are you having a discussion on this forum?

[Anonymous]

Grande = medium coffee or whatever.

Lol. Another dumb americanism.