Of things we may name again

[Seabag]

Seeing as the wonderful people of this island have decided (for whatever reason) we are to leave the bussom of Europe, I'm wondering what we rename everyday items

Of course Snikers can return as Marathon's

Cif will be Jif once more

And Croissants can be plain old 'crescents'

Funnily there's no replaement to 'cul-de-sac'

But of course pizza is only a round 'cheese on toast'

Any further suggestions ???

[rendelharris]

Quiche becomes a cheese 'n' ham flan, obviously.

Jeremy Hardy used to have a good routine about how the French, if they became English, would exchange "Joie de vivre" for "Alors, musn't grumble."

[Seabag]

Salami =

Fermented meat cylinder

It's not much fun really, is it?

[Robert Poste's Child]

rendelharris Wrote:

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> Quiche becomes a cheese 'n' ham flan, obviously.

>

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In English we already have egg and bacon pie for quiche.

Duvets will once again be quilts (or, as they're continental, possibly replaced with blankets).

Creme fraiche will disappear without trace, along with petit filou.

Baguettes will be French sticks.

Cafes, bistros, brasseries and restaurants will become coffee houses, grills and dining rooms.

Cappuccinos will be replaced by Camp coffee essence and boiled milk, and as a result the obesity epidemic will resolve itself in 18 months.

Aubergines will be eggplants.

Rocket will disappear from sandwiches.

...and all sold in pints, pounds and ounces.

[Alan Medic]

How many places around ED will have to be renamed?

[Salsaboy]

This is not America!

Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

> Aubergines will be eggplants.

[peckham_ryu]

I was going to suggest we should go back to calling hamburgers 'beef burgers', like they did in the War. But a quick factoid check on Wikipedia has failed to confirm the story. Instead, the online oracle of unimpeachable truths reveals an even more suitable alternative:

During World War II, waves of anti-German sentiment inspired some to refer to hamburgers as "liberty sandwiches."

[Townleygreen]

"banjo" is already an english term for cul de sac

[Robert Poste's Child]

Salsaboy Wrote:

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> This is not America!

>

> Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> > Aubergines will be eggplants.

Come, come, Salsa, where's your international outlook?

[Robert Poste's Child]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> How many places around ED will have to be renamed?

Could be the shot in the arm that Cafe Rouge needs, anyway. They're getting closer to the top of my 'how on earth do they keep going' list and need to reinvent themselves.

Also in the village alone: Rocca, Pizza Express (first bit), Au Ciel, the deli whose name I can't remember.

[Louisa]

Anglicised names have been inflicting fatal wounds on various languages for decades now. The French have tried their hardest to stop it, but at the end of the day a Croque Monsieur is a cheese and ham toastie. Get over it France.

Louisa.

[Robert Poste's Child]

We'll need an English word for mayonnaise.

[Louisa]

Oil egg and vinegar sauce.

Louisa.

[Robert Poste's Child]

As opposed to oil and vinegar sauce for vinaigrette and butter, egg and vinegar sauce for hollandaise? This may need work.

[Jah Lush]

Seabag Wrote:

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> Seeing as the wonderful people of this island have

> decided (for whatever reason) we are to leave the

> bussom of Europe, I'm wondering what we rename

> everyday items.

You've managed to rename bosom. I must take exception this alternative spelling. I'm very fond of bosoms. Sadly, as I grow older and more decrepit they are no longer everyday items.

[Seabag]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Seabag Wrote:

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> > Seeing as the wonderful people of this island

> have

> > decided (for whatever reason) we are to leave

> the

> > bussom of Europe, I'm wondering what we rename

> > everyday items.

>

> You've managed to rename bosom. I must take

> exception this alternative spelling. I'm very fond

> of bosoms. Sadly, as I grow older and more

> decrepit they are no longer everyday items.

I'm sorry Jah but my spelling is terrible at times, can you live with it/them as I hate to edit OP's

I'd contemplated 'the tit' of Europe, maybe should have stuck to that

[DulwichFox]

cul-de-sac - dead end

What about French fries ? Brexit sticks

Foxy

[Seabag]

Lasagne is now The Sagne

[Jah Lush]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> cul-de-sac - dead end

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> What about French fries ? Brexit sticks

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> Foxy

Got that covered - chips.

[Robert Poste's Child]

Le renard de Dulwich may mean frites, so we may have to extend it to thin chips and thick chips.

Eek, no more champagne or (gulp) prosecco. And the history books will record that the collapse of the chattering classes of the South East began at that moment.

[Seabag]

We've always got English Sparkling Wine RPC

[Seabag]

And Stella Artois, can be Stella or three

[Robert Poste's Child]

English sparking wine. It just sounds like a bad party feels.

Presumably lager's off the menu generally, so it looks like it's beer or cider.

[Seabag]

The Disunited Kingdom

I had a manufacture and distribution meeting yesterday and the irony of this whole 'take back control' milarky is already playing out

Some products that sell outside of the U.K. had a cache by nature that they're produced here, from an estate with a history dating from 1300's

The normally upbeat European customer doused the conversation with 'I'm not sure the made in Britain aspect holds much appeal here now!'

[Passiflora]

Seabag said there's no replacement to (for) cul de sac but there is: it's known as a dead end.