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Post by Philip Ayres on May 1, 2021 16:32:35 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on May 1, 2021 16:42:11 GMT
Is it fuck! A muffin is a cake, preferrably chocolate or with blueberry.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on May 1, 2021 16:56:09 GMT
Oh no. Not again.
Ralph, the muffins of which you speak are an Americanised use of the word. What Phil posted a picture of is a muffin in the English sense.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 2, 2021 6:12:52 GMT
Morning All!
It's Sunday - Praise the Lord!
Yesterday: A struggle with the face to start with and far too early a start (4:05am). But agressively often steaming, gargling with salt water and manipulating the painful areas of my face took the pain levels right down by lunch. Returned later but shows I can do something about it.
Today: Much better night's sleep Church this morning. L Jab II 8:50am.
Pray Day goes OK, CMT and Head cope OK. Pray face improves and is less painful. Pray we stay protected from the virus.
Have a good day, stay safe & well.
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Post by The Doctor on May 2, 2021 8:59:18 GMT
Oh no. Not again. Ralph, the muffins of which you speak are an Americanised use of the word. What Phil posted a picture of is a muffin in the English sense. I have bought muffins all my life and they are cakes! Rolls are rolls! -Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 2, 2021 11:38:32 GMT
Oh no. Not again. Ralph, the muffins of which you speak are an Americanised use of the word. What Phil posted a picture of is a muffin in the English sense. I have bought muffins all my life and they are cakes! Rolls are rolls! -Ralph You've been buying the wrong muffins then! US Muffins are just big cup cakes
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Post by The Doctor on May 2, 2021 14:47:06 GMT
No! A muffin is a cake! Go into any cafe: ask for a muffin! They give you cake! True for 42 years!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on May 2, 2021 14:51:22 GMT
Only because they see you coming and know not to mess with the Ralphyard.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 2, 2021 14:51:49 GMT
What will you get in McD's if you ask for a Bacon & Egg McMuffin for breakfast?
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Post by Pinwig on May 2, 2021 14:53:38 GMT
What I resent is the way that the honest and true muffin now has to be referred to as an English Breakfast Muffin just so there's no confusion.
Because quite clearly, there is confusion. If I go to Ralph's cafe and ask for a muffin I do not expect to be served one of those spongy things with blueberries in.
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Post by Pinwig on May 2, 2021 14:54:27 GMT
Wow. Imagine if Ralph really did run a cafe. The menu would need a whole section on Google translate.
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Post by The Doctor on May 2, 2021 15:00:06 GMT
What will you get in McD's if you ask for a Bacon & Egg McMuffin for breakfast? It's not a roll! -Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on May 2, 2021 15:01:08 GMT
What I resent is the way that the honest and true muffin now has to be referred to as an English Breakfast Muffin just so there's no confusion. Because quite clearly, there is confusion. If I go to Ralph's cafe and ask for a muffin I do not expect to be served one of those spongy things with blueberries in. Went to a takeaway not long after moving to Englandland. I asked for a roll in sausage and they tried to give me a cake. -Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on May 2, 2021 15:02:01 GMT
If I go to Ralph's cafe and ask for a muffin I do not expect to be served one of those spongy things with blueberries in. When Ralph asks for a muffin that is what he expects and that is what he gets!!! -Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on May 2, 2021 15:09:50 GMT
Went to a takeaway not long after moving to Englandland. I asked for a roll in sausage and they tried to give me a cake. You see!? NOW HE KNOWS! NOW HE KNOWS!
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Post by Shockprowl on May 2, 2021 17:18:31 GMT
I love to nibble on a nice muffin.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 2, 2021 17:32:28 GMT
What will you get in McD's if you ask for a Bacon & Egg McMuffin for breakfast? It's not a roll! -Ralph It's a muffin. A proper muffin
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 2, 2021 18:09:22 GMT
I am torn in this debate.
On the one hand, I recognise that Phil is logically correct.
On the other hand, I don't eat many English muffins.
I eat lots and lots of American muffins. Triple chocolate or blueberry.
Martin
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Post by Pinwig on May 2, 2021 18:12:09 GMT
Martin! Behave!
Your go to in all these situations is the OED. What does it tell you here?
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 2, 2021 18:20:30 GMT
Martin! Behave! Your go to in all these situations is the OED. What does it tell you here? Triple chocolate trumps dictionaries. However, since you ask: Martin
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Post by HeliumAudio on May 2, 2021 18:29:56 GMT
Thank you Martin, for saving me from this mess of muffrolls.
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Post by Pinwig on May 2, 2021 18:38:09 GMT
Triple chocolate trumps dictionaries. What. Wait, what? WHAT!? Do my eyes deceive me?! Is Moff Martin, the very lexicographical heart of the Hub, putting chocolate chippery before the Oxfordian Dictionary of English?! The world is undone. Fly you fools, fly! This is the end of everything! The walls are tumbling. The very core of the hub is broken. IT IS THE END OF DAYS.
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Post by HeliumAudio on May 2, 2021 18:40:16 GMT
For May Day in China we do have a five-day holiday, but in fact there's only one extra day——two days for the original weekend, two days day off for the following two Saturdays.
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Post by HeliumAudio on May 2, 2021 18:42:16 GMT
day off——holiday for working an extra shift
Helium
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 2, 2021 18:42:39 GMT
Is Moff Martin, the very lexicographical heart of the Hub, putting chocolate chippery before the Oxfordian Dictionary of English?! As surely would anyone in their right mind. Martin
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Post by HeliumAudio on May 2, 2021 18:44:45 GMT
Triple chocolate trumps dictionaries. What. Wait, what? WHAT!? Do my eyes deceive me?! Is Moff Martin, the very lexicographical heart of the Hub, putting chocolate chippery before the Oxfordian Dictionary of English?! The world is undone. Fly you fools, fly! This is the end of everything! The walls are tumbling. The very core of the hub is broken. IT IS THE END OF DAYS. Nobody.can.ever.deny .chocolate.chippery.
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Post by Pinwig on May 2, 2021 18:44:59 GMT
As surely would anyone in their right mind. Martin I don't know who you are any more.
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Post by Pinwig on May 2, 2021 18:46:19 GMT
day off——holiday for working an extra shift Helium That doesn't sound entirely fair. Mind you, if I wouldn't mind doing a few hours extra every day if it meant I could have Friday off. Wait a minute. I do do a few extra hours every day.
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Post by The Doctor on May 2, 2021 18:51:38 GMT
Martin's dictionary confirms a muffin is a cake!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 2, 2021 18:51:52 GMT
I don't know who you are any more. Then you never truly knew me. Martin
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