Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com>wrote: > The first time I heard it was in a restaurant where the waiter said I'll be > back momentarily. It was busy and I thought he was warning us to get our > choice sorted since he would not be with us very long to take the order ;-) > cheers, > FD > The first time I asked a restaurant waiter in England what they had to drink, he replied "You'll like our orange squash." Being a young Southern USian kid, I had visions of some kind of vegetable drink. > > On 23 Sep, 2010, at 14:39, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > > > Frank, > > Momentarily confused me no end when I first heard it, having been > > brought up to believe it meant "for a moment" and not "in a moment". > > We (Neela & I) actually still laugh out loud when we hear the US > > usage, it sounds so strange to our ears! > > > > We call the sweet pancake/crepe "poli" and the savory ones "dosa" or > > "dosai". Poli is made out of refined flour and usually stuffed with > > either a mixture of coconut and jaggery, or with a sweet concoction > > made from chickpea flour. Dosai is made crisp with a fermented batter > > of rice and lentils and are usually eaten plain or stuffed with a mild > > potato curry. > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Frank Dernie > > <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com> wrote: > >> Much more complicated than that! > >> Here in England "pancakes" are thin, usually served flat sprinkled with > lemon and sugar. Crepes are the similar but thinner French version. In > France there are lots of Creperies and they are served in a multitude of > ways, with both savoury and sweet fillings, pretty well always folded over > so the filling is "internal". Nobody in England would call a pancake a > crepe > unless they were being pretentious. > >> There is no real equivalent in England of what Americans call pancakes, > though those who will have travelled to the USA may well have tried and > enjoyed them, as I have, hence know what an American is talking about if he > says "pancake". > >> The nearest equivalent to American-style pancakes in the UK would be > Scotch pancakes, or drop scones. Being married to a Scot I am -very- > familiar with them, and make them myself! They are much smaller than the > American-style pancakes I have come across, 3" to 4" diameter, but similar > in thickness and texture to their american cousin. Scotch pancakes are > normally served buttered with Golden Syrup or jam. > >> Few, if any, people in England would refer to Scotch pancakes as simply > pancakes, since in England a pancake is much larger in diameter and much > thinner. > >> > >> > >> Another confusing difference between English and American! > >> > >> FD > >> > >> PS my favourite difference in English and American meaning is in the > word momentarily, plenty of potential for amusing confusion! > >> > >> > >> On 23 Sep, 2010, at 10:42, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >> > >>> There are pancakes and there are thin pancakes. > >>> The thin pancakes are crapes and the list mentioned. > >>> > >>> A typical photo lens called a pancake is about 3/4's of an inch thick. > >>> > http://www.jessops.com/ce-images/PRODUCT/PRODUCT_ENLARGED/ASAMSLE205155090.j > >>> pg > >>> Or > >>> http://tinyurl.com/2b65he7 > >>> > >>> This pancake we just saw seemed to thin to even grab. 1/4 inch. Must > have > >>> used more eggs and milk and less flour. > >>> hence me calling them cr?pes. Or those other things. Which comes from a > list > >>> of synonyms for crepes. Which are thin pancakes. > >>> > >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cr?pe<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cr%C3%AApe> > >>> " A cr?pe (English pronunciation: /?kre?p/, French: [k??p]; Breton: > >>> krampouezhenn) is a type of very thin pancake, usually made from wheat > >>> flour." > >>> > >>> > >>> " An early example is the (Zeiss) Tessar of 1902. The design has seen a > >>> resurgence due to the growth of the mirrorless interchangeable lens > digital > >>> camera (so-called EVIL camera) market, notably the Micro Four Thirds > system. > >>> > >>> In the 1960s and 1970s the Nikon GN (Guide number) lens was a notable > >>> example, while in the 1970s and 1980s pancake lenses were used in > compact > >>> single lens reflex (SLR) cameras.[1]" > >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancake_lens > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -------------------- > >>> Mark William Rabiner > >>> Photography > >>> mark at rabinergroup.com > >>> > >>> > >>>> From: Peter Cheyne <geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk> > >>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >>>> Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:13:24 +0900 > >>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >>>> Subject: [Leica] The world's SMALLEST 35mm lens ever for M... Not! > >>>> > >>>> Mark, > >>>> > >>>> In English English, we call those thin fried cakes made from batter > >>>> 'pancakes' . You can have fun trying to flip them in one swift flick > >>>> of the wrist. In Japanese English they call the thicker, perhaps US, > >>>> variety 'hot-cakes'. > >>>> > >>>> Maybe these tiny thin pancake lenses should be selling like 'hot > cakes'. > >>>> > >>>> All the best, > >>>> > >>>> Peter Cheyne > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Greystacks, > 18 Denchworth Road, > Wantage, > OX12 9AU > > +44 (0)1235 768505 > +44 (0)7803 135214 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA