What do you call this?
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At first glance I'd say "coffee pot", but looking at other's answers I might say "Moka pot."
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In my part of the world we call that ice cream
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that is a spatula
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Affirmed.Inversion wrote:that is a spatula
(Whatever happened to Viktor?)
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And this?
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Both are espàtules in Catalan, and I think I would use spatula in English to name both.
Un llapis mai dibuixa sense una mà.
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I believe the first one is called a (burger) flipper in my hometown (SE Ontario), and calling it a spatula would be weird because it's not used for stirring. Of course, that's a cheap, nasty plastic one that probably burns on the grill if you're not careful. Notice that the head isn't actually resting on the surface; the shadow diffuses because it's bent upward.
The last one is definitely a (plasticrubber) spatula.
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This, minus the bits about Catalan. Wikipedia vindicates me:Izambri wrote:Both are espàtules in Catalan, and I think I would use spatula in English to name both.
One variety is alternately named turner, and is used to lift and flip food items during cooking, such as pancakes and fillets.
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It's not about being right, it's about what you say.cromulant wrote:This, minus the bits about Catalan. Wikipedia vindicates me:One variety is alternately named turner, and is used to lift and flip food items during cooking, such as pancakes and fillets.
"Turner" doesn't sound familiar to me. I think when we needed to distinguish we said "flipper". The other kind was a "rubber spatula" or "scraper".
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The first is a spatula, and I guess I'd call the second a scraper--at least I think that's what my mom called those things. (Although, I have an unopened set of the latter, and the packaging calls them spatulas. Weird.)
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I also just tend to say flipper, but I'm also from Toronto. At least I can confirm your word though. I've heard people call it a spatula, but I would not call it that. The second one is definitely a spatula.Rhetorica wrote:I believe the first one is called a burger-flipper in my hometown (SE Ontario), and calling it a spatula would be weird because it's not used for stirring. Of course, that's a cheap, nasty plastic one that probably burns on the grill if you're not careful. Notice that the head isn't actually resting on the surface; the shadow diffuses because it's bent upward.
The last one is definitely a (plasticrubber) spatula.
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Re: What do you call this?
Weirdos, those are both spatulas, with the second one being prefixed with rubber if necessary.
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so veryDrydic wrote:Weirdos, those are both spatulas, with the second one being prefixed with rubber if necessary.
I do not know but whatever it is it is a good thing.cromulant wrote:(Whatever happened to Viktor?)
I seriously hope it doesn't transpire now that he has in fact died in a horrible accident.
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Don't be mean. We're friends on Facebook and he seems to be doing well enough. I like his posts about nice houses.Inversion wrote:I do not know but whatever it is it is a good thing.cromulant wrote:(Whatever happened to Viktor?)
I seriously hope it doesn't transpire now that he has in fact died in a horrible accident.
I'd call both spatulas, but if I was having to be clear I'd probably call the top one a fishslice.
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Both spatulæ for me.
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Ο ορανς τα ανα̨ριθομον ϝερρον εͱεν ανθροποτροφον.
Το̨ ανθροπς αυ̨τ εκψον επ αθο̨ οραναμο̨ϝον.
Θαιν. Θαιν. Θαιν. Θαιν. Θαιν. Θαιν. Θαιν.
Ο ορανς τα ανα̨ριθομον ϝερρον εͱεν ανθροποτροφον.
Το̨ ανθροπς αυ̨τ εκψον επ αθο̨ οραναμο̨ϝον.
Θαιν. Θαιν. Θαιν. Θαιν. Θαιν. Θαιν. Θαιν.
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I can confirm that Toronto is not alone among Canadian cities in this regard. I am from Greater Vancouver, and I too would call the first a flipper and the second a spatula.clawgrip wrote:I also just tend to say flipper, but I'm also from Toronto. At least I can confirm your word though. I've heard people call it a spatula, but I would not call it that. The second one is definitely a spatula.Rhetorica wrote:I believe the first one is called a burger-flipper in my hometown (SE Ontario), and calling it a spatula would be weird because it's not used for stirring. Of course, that's a cheap, nasty plastic one that probably burns on the grill if you're not careful. Notice that the head isn't actually resting on the surface; the shadow diffuses because it's bent upward.
The last one is definitely a (plasticrubber) spatula.
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Is there an antonym of "buxom" in common use?
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Ο ορανς τα ανα̨ριθομον ϝερρον εͱεν ανθροποτροφον.
Το̨ ανθροπς αυ̨τ εκψον επ αθο̨ οραναμο̨ϝον.
Θαιν. Θαιν. Θαιν. Θαιν. Θαιν. Θαιν. Θαιν.
Ο ορανς τα ανα̨ριθομον ϝερρον εͱεν ανθροποτροφον.
Το̨ ανθροπς αυ̨τ εκψον επ αθο̨ οραναμο̨ϝον.
Θαιν. Θαιν. Θαιν. Θαιν. Θαιν. Θαιν. Θαιν.
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"Lithe" is the traditional, unambiguous and non-euphemistic term, I'm pretty sure.
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I always had the impression that was more like "slender".Rhetorica wrote:"Lithe" is the traditional, unambiguous and non-euphemistic term, I'm pretty sure.
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Ο ορανς τα ανα̨ριθομον ϝερρον εͱεν ανθροποτροφον.
Το̨ ανθροπς αυ̨τ εκψον επ αθο̨ οραναμο̨ϝον.
Θαιν. Θαιν. Θαιν. Θαιν. Θαιν. Θαιν. Θαιν.
Ο ορανς τα ανα̨ριθομον ϝερρον εͱεν ανθροποτροφον.
Το̨ ανθροπς αυ̨τ εκψον επ αθο̨ οραναμο̨ϝον.
Θαιν. Θαιν. Θαιν. Θαιν. Θαιν. Θαιν. Θαιν.
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Yeah, me too. Like someone that has very little gravity of their own and just floats around like a cloud.ObsequiousNewt wrote:I always had the impression that was more like "slender".Rhetorica wrote:"Lithe" is the traditional, unambiguous and non-euphemistic term, I'm pretty sure.
It was about time I changed this.
Re: What do you call this?
Slickepot in Swedish. It's slicka lick with a binding e and then pot which probably used to mean something else but now has fused with the other word.
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