On 10/1/2013 10:33 PM, Ellen K. wrote:
> Well, that's a new one for me. Do the restaurants call them "egg tacos"
> on the menu?
>

No, they just look like tacos with the egg replacing the tortilla

> And this is closing in on another multi-lingual play on words, IIRC in
> Spain a "tortilla" is what Americans call an omelet, not the flat grain
> item it is in Mexican Spanish.
>
> > wrote in message
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>> On 9/30/2013 9:21 PM, Ellen K. wrote:
>>> Hard to tell who said what, my message was intended for the person who
>>> said "Not even "egg tacos"? a.k.a. omelets?"
>>>
>>
>> That was me.
>> "Egg tacos" are omelets folded in half, the way many SoCa restaurants
>> serve them: they then look like tacos.
>>
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>>> > wrote in message
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>>>> On 9/29/2013 12:46 PM, Ellen K. wrote:
>>>>> Including tortillas in a meal does not make the meal tacos.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You are right, but why are you telling me?
>>>> Did I say including tortillas in a meal makes the meal tacos?
>>>>
>>>>> > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> On 9/29/2013 3:20 AM, Ellen K. wrote:
>>>>>>> My zip code is 42% Hispanic and I also worked for a Hispanic
>>>>>>> company for
>>>>>>> eight years and I never heard of anyone eating tacos for breakfast.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not even "egg tacos"? a.k.a. omelets?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Who Are You" > wrote in message
>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>> On Tue, 24 Sep 2013 19:54:13 -0700, "Ellen K."
>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> There seem to be three favorite breakfasts in the US:
>>>>>>>>> - cereal
>>>>>>>>> - bacon & eggs & possibly pancakes
>>>>>>>>> - smoothies
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That depends on what part of the country you are in. Some places
>>>>>>>> it's
>>>>>>>> eggs, bacon, etc, some it's tacos. What matters is what is
>>>>>>>> eaten in
>>>>>>>> ones own household. The rest will sort itself out.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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