On 2015-02-11 3:25 AM, tert in seattle wrote:

> I never went there much but there was this one time that I ordered
> sliders at a White Castle in Chicago (this would have been in the
> late '80s) and the cashier told me "you are going to have to call
> them by their correct name" which didn't make any sense to me --
> I thought they were called sliders! She really would not take my
> order until I called them hamburgers. TF?
>

Are you serious? A cashier at a fast food joint wouldn't serve you until
you used the right name and she didn't see the back side of you walking
out the door? How hungry were you? When I go to Starbucks I order a
small. I am not going to start redefining relative sizes to suit their
marketing gimmick and order a tall coffee or grande, and the latter may
be used in a French speaking area though it would be pronounced grand
not granday.