EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[Wickedchicken6]

the trend out here is to call them "a meal". I find that odd

Maybe people were having the same debate as we are? Maybe that was their way of ending it...

 

[ronott1]

Maybe people were having the same debate as we are? Maybe that was their way of ending it...

Likely true!
Just eat dog on it!

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Breakfast is in morning
Mid-day is lunch
kids get an after school snack about 3:30
Dinner about 5:30 or 6pm

No one really calls the dinner meal "supper," and I had no idea people thought they were two different meals.
I figured it was just like how some people call soda, "pop"

Here breakfast is breakfast.
We have a small coffee/cookie around 10am and 4 pm called a lunch. These are optional.
Dinner is 12 pm.
Supper is the evening meal at 6pm.

 

[kwhites634]

the trend out here is to call them "a meal". I find that odd

Something "odd" in California! Who'd have ever guessed that?!

 

[BantyChooks]

Don't know what happened to the rest of the post, but YES; dinner is a midday meal

I am shocked.

Nobody ever calls it dinner up here. Ever.

I knew some areas of Canada had that nutty tendency... didn't know it was prevalent down there.

Breakfast is in morning
Mid-day is lunch
kids get an after school snack about 3:30
Dinner about 5:30 or 6pm

No one really calls the dinner meal "supper," and I had no idea people thought they were two different meals.
I figured it was just like how some people call soda, "pop"

 

[BantyChooks]

Another question for the masses... not that I trust your judgment any more after this...

When making a singular word possessive that ends in 'S", do you add another "S" after the apostrophe or leave it?
Example: Atticus' book vs. Atticus's book.

I bugged a few of you for your thoughts already but it was largely inconclusive and it appears to be a style difference. Age seems to be irrelevant. I'm wondering if locale influences.

 

[kwhites634]

Another question for the masses... not that I trust your judgment any more after this...

When making a singular word possessive that ends in 'S", do you add another "S" after the apostrophe or leave it?
Example: Atticus' book vs. Atticus's book.

I bugged a few of you for your thoughts already but it was largely inconclusive and it appears to be a style difference. Age seems to be irrelevant. I'm wondering if locale influences.

No added "S"

 

[Lazy Farmer]

I got done mowing... the smell of the meat smoking is no match for the dog poo mulched and broadcasted...

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Another question for the masses... not that I trust your judgment any more after this...

When making a singular word possessive that ends in 'S", do you add another "S" after the apostrophe or leave it?
Example: Atticus' book vs. Atticus's book.

I bugged a few of you for your thoughts already but it was largely inconclusive and it appears to be a style difference. Age seems to be irrelevant. I'm wondering if locale influences.

geographic..
example..

• My ole man
• my ol' man
• my old man

 

[Lazy Farmer]

mower chased a tiny yellow rat snake out of the thick grass..