• starman2112@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    Wtf? Even my descriptivist ass is telling whoever came up with that that they’re wrong. A burrito is a calzone? An enchilada is sushi? Words mean what you mean when you say them, but they also need to have some structural stability. Out here calling sushi toast. Wtf.

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      8 months ago

      You poor unsaved soul. No, sushi (such as pigs in a blanket) is sushi. Toast (such as nigiri) is toast.

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          8 months ago

          I’m sorry, what’s the difference exactly? That’s just two terms for a flat layer of starch with non-starch on top. “Toast,” if you will.

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          8 months ago

          Well of course nigiri sushi isn’t a type of sushi.

          You think earwigs are an affectation worn by people who are self-conscious about their lack of ear hair? That lightyears are a unit of time? That a urinal cake is a type of lasagna?

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      8 months ago

      Ugh. How awful. How could a burrito be a calzone when a calzone is a ravioli?