My Sim went to her final exam in her nighty!
Bane~Child:
Quote from: witch on 2005 September 07, 05:16:50
Actually in New Zealand, dykes call themselves dykes - it is probably THE most politically correct name for lesbians. Or queers would do.
Oh my, that may be OK within the community, but that leaves so little slack for the rest of us who do not wish to offend. It is hard to say anything anymore and be both sure and correct, no matter where you reside. References change so frequently, it's hard to keep up with what is OK to say.
Now bumbag is funny, but it brings to mind a whoopee cushion, which some people use to call the doughnuts that you sit on after having your hemorrhoids removed. It originally was for fun, but people never knew what you called the do-nut thing and whoopee cushion was the only reference they could relate. See what I mean?
Speaking of doughnuts, do you leave the hole cutouts in place or do you remove them and buy the cutout bits seperately as we do here and which we mostly call do-nut holes? I was thinking you didn't cut out holes, but filled them instead.
Quote from: witch on 2005 September 07, 05:16:50
Oh and... my German mother had terrible trouble with the fruit 'Feijoa' and the religion 'Jehovah's Witnesses'. She announced to my father one day that there were some feijoas on the doorstep wishing to speak with him. :)
Funny you should mention this, I get feijoas ringing my doorbell at least once a month. I am off now to the Emergency; I think I have hurt my self lauging at you mother's words and I may need sutures.
ZephyrZodiac:
Well, in the Uk, originally doughnuts were filled with jam and covered in sugar, and you can still buy them like this. However, you can also buy ring shaped ones, sometimes just called ring donuts, or sometimes American donuts (and usually the spelling is the oldfashioned way for the oldfashioned doughnuts!)
witch:
Quote from: Bane~Child on 2005 September 07, 05:43:12
Quote from: witch on 2005 September 07, 05:16:50
Actually in New Zealand, dykes call themselves dykes - it is probably THE most politically correct name for lesbians. Or queers would do.
Oh my, that may be OK within the community, but that leaves so little slack for the rest of us who do not wish to offend. It is hard to say anything anymore and be both sure and correct, no matter where you reside. References change so frequently, it's hard to keep up with what is OK to say.
If you're concerned, formality is probably appropriate, in which case you would use homosexual and heterosexual I guess.
witch:
Quote from: ZephyrZodiac on 2005 September 07, 06:10:48
Well, in the Uk, originally doughnuts were filled with jam and covered in sugar, and you can still buy them like this. However, you can also buy ring shaped ones, sometimes just called ring donuts, or sometimes American donuts (and usually the spelling is the oldfashioned way for the oldfashioned doughnuts!)
Yup, pretty much the same here.
We used to follow the UK culturally, 'Mother England' and all that. American culture has made a huge impact here in the last 2-3 decades though and I think we are becoming quite 'Americanised', particularly as far as television culture, music, gangs and mass media type stuff goes. New Zealanders have a natural reticence though which doesn't always ally well with American, umm, forthrightness. ;)
Bane~Child:
The old-fashioned doughnuts here are denser and cake-like and also deep fried. They are quite a bit heavier and not glazed like the lighter, soft yeast-risen doughnuts. They are usually just coated with granualated sugar, sugar and cinnamon or powdered confectioners' sugar. Some places still make the old style with an extra side piece so it can be used as a handle for dunking in your tea or coffee and these are not usually coated at all.
We also have the yeast-risen, filled doughnuts, that have every artery clogging ingrediant that can possibly be incorporated into any one food. They generally have at least a glaze, but most bakeries and consumers are not satisfied with stopping here. The jelly-filled doughnuts, particularly with lemon curd, and a light granulated sprinkle of sugar are just fine in their simplicity. The typical ring doughnuts are the same as the filled in respect to all the extras on top. I don't know how they can get some much stuff on it and still hold it's shape.
I am not a doughnut fan, but I do like shortbread with my tea and yes, I admit I am a tea drinker not coffee. My mother has made a pot of tea every morning for her entire life, this is one part of my heritage I can't let go. Every Christmas I make her a Seed cake and she always gets a little teary-eyed with memories of home and her mother.
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