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Old 11-01-2010, 05:08 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by SATCHMO View Post
Dessert = Pudding

This would always **** me up as a waiter when UK guests would ask what puddings we had and I would tell them, "uh,...none". The incredulous looks I'd get were very entertaining.
These are the kind of terms they use that piss me off. If you wanna say "mate" instead of "friend" then be my guest but as you said pudding is a specific type of dessert and therefore an extremely frustrating misuse of the term...
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