Redundant usage of abbreviations (>_<)

[dedalusdedalus]

It's not poor education, because I was always corrected for saying it, and I still do to spite people for trying to force onto me the fact it is wrong.

When I was like three years old, I was always corrected for pissing in my pants. I still piss my pants just to spite everyone who thinks it's wrong. Me 1, World 0.

[BoringSupreez]

It kinda bugs me when I go to a Chinese restaurant and see they serve "Lo Mein Noodles." Lo mein means "noodles" in Chinese. Also, I saw some Mexican-cheese flavored ruffles at Walmart recently, the flavor was "Queso Cheese."

[dedalusdedalus]

It kinda bugs me when I go to a Chinese restaurant and see they serve "Lo Mein Noodles." Lo mein means "noodles" in Chinese. Also, I saw some Mexican-cheese flavored ruffles at Walmart recently, the flavor was "Queso Cheese."

"Lo mein" actually means "stirred noodles" in Cantonese. Noodles is just "mein," or in Mandarin, "mian."

I'm of two minds on this one. On one hand, I can understand it as marketing shorthand, so that people who don't know what "lo mein" or "queso" mean will understand what kind of thing they're buying. On the other, it's insulting to everyone's intelligence that this shit needs to be explained.

[elmagicochrisg]

It's not poor education, because I was always corrected for saying it, and I still do to spite people for trying to force onto me the fact it is wrong.

When I was like three years old, I was always corrected for pissing in my pants. I still piss my pants just to spite everyone who thinks it's wrong. Me 1, World 0.

And that's the way the cookie crumbles...

[Hobie-wan]

One thing we should keep in mind when talking about "correctness" and different ways is that there is no correct way of speaking English. There are only ways which some deem correct and others incorrect. It's all about who ( ) you are talking to.

http://www.ling.upenn.edu/courses/Fall_ ... ption.html

[Ivo]

Also, I saw some Mexican-cheese flavored ruffles at Walmart recently, the flavor was "Queso Cheese."

Than one verily cracked me up.

Ivo.