Comments on: Slurry up and wait http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2008/11/21/slurry-up-and-wait/ Cantankerous commentary on what we speak and why we speak it, from Bill Brohaugh Wed, 03 Nov 2010 05:11:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: roe_cat http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2008/11/21/slurry-up-and-wait/comment-page-1/#comment-4318 roe_cat Thu, 21 May 2009 12:11:08 +0000 http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2008/11/21/slurry-up-and-wait/#comment-4318 So is slurry - meaning animal manure - (not something i want to associate with my food) a British English use (or Hiberno-English - does tend to throw up the occasional word that I am shocked to discover aren't used outside Ireland) So is slurry – meaning animal manure – (not something i want to associate with my food) a British English use (or Hiberno-English – does tend to throw up the occasional word that I am shocked to discover aren’t used outside Ireland)

]]> By: JohnnyB http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2008/11/21/slurry-up-and-wait/comment-page-1/#comment-1068 JohnnyB Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:51:50 +0000 http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2008/11/21/slurry-up-and-wait/#comment-1068 My egg yolk doesn't deserve the same praise or receggnition as Fritinancy's "slurry with the fridge on stop". That is souperior! My egg yolk doesn’t deserve the same praise or receggnition as Fritinancy’s “slurry with the fridge on stop”. That is souperior!

]]> By: Bill Brohaugh http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2008/11/21/slurry-up-and-wait/comment-page-1/#comment-1015 Bill Brohaugh Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:13:05 +0000 http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2008/11/21/slurry-up-and-wait/#comment-1015 JohnnyB and Fritinancy: I delayed so long in replying because I was trying to come up with a pun worthy of response. I couldn't. I bow to you. Soupie: Had I actually told the manager that, I'm sure she would have then offered me a job as official taste-tester. What Soupaddict Karen is really trying to say is she's certain there will be enough of my recipe salsa left over when the judges refuse to eat it that she can feed to her cat. It will only make little Fluffy even sicker, though . . . JohnnyB and Fritinancy: I delayed so long in replying because I was trying to come up with a pun worthy of response. I couldn’t. I bow to you.

Soupie: Had I actually told the manager that, I’m sure she would have then offered me a job as official taste-tester. What Soupaddict Karen is really trying to say is she’s certain there will be enough of my recipe salsa left over when the judges refuse to eat it that she can feed to her cat. It will only make little Fluffy even sicker, though . . .

]]> By: Soupaddict Karen http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2008/11/21/slurry-up-and-wait/comment-page-1/#comment-992 Soupaddict Karen Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:00:57 +0000 http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2008/11/21/slurry-up-and-wait/#comment-992 I think that's a brilliant idea, Wii-liam: "Guitar Hero" for foodies (spatulas in both hands, arms flailing, woks swirling, animatrons smirking). Don't let humble Bill fool you - he plays hardball: he's already admitted to me that he told the restaurant manager that I'm going to poison the food we have to prepare for the finals. On the slurry-related note, I only first heard the word a couple of weeks ago when I took my sick kitten to the vet. He told me to take this can of cat food [handing me a can of Science Diet cat food] and if he (the cat) doesn't show much interest in eating by morning, then add water to the food and warm it in the microwave to "make a slurry." While I was puzzling over what the hell a slurry could be, he added an $11 charge to my bill for a can of cat food that retails for 99¢ (and which the kitten later didn't want any part of, slurrified or otherwise). I think that’s a brilliant idea, Wii-liam: “Guitar Hero” for foodies (spatulas in both hands, arms flailing, woks swirling, animatrons smirking).

Don’t let humble Bill fool you – he plays hardball: he’s already admitted to me that he told the restaurant manager that I’m going to poison the food we have to prepare for the finals.

On the slurry-related note, I only first heard the word a couple of weeks ago when I took my sick kitten to the vet. He told me to take this can of cat food [handing me a can of Science Diet cat food] and if he (the cat) doesn’t show much interest in eating by morning, then add water to the food and warm it in the microwave to “make a slurry.”

While I was puzzling over what the hell a slurry could be, he added an $11 charge to my bill for a can of cat food that retails for 99¢ (and which the kitten later didn’t want any part of, slurrified or otherwise).

]]> By: Fritinancy http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2008/11/21/slurry-up-and-wait/comment-page-1/#comment-989 Fritinancy Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:18:22 +0000 http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2008/11/21/slurry-up-and-wait/#comment-989 Break an egg, indeed! Let's hope there's no electrical outage in your vicinity: You'd have a slurry with the fridge on "stop." Break an egg, indeed! Let’s hope there’s no electrical outage in your vicinity: You’d have a slurry with the fridge on “stop.”

]]> By: JohnnyB http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2008/11/21/slurry-up-and-wait/comment-page-1/#comment-981 JohnnyB Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:04:05 +0000 http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2008/11/21/slurry-up-and-wait/#comment-981 Congratulations on making the finals and good luck on Sunday. Should I say "good luck"? or should I say, "break an egg"? Congratulations on making the finals and good luck on Sunday.
Should I say “good luck”? or should I say, “break an egg”?

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