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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


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 ???

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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.

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."

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.

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.

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Seabag Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > 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

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.

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!'

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