On 2/11/2015 1:09 PM, tert in seattle wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>> 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?
>
> the power of the powerless is exercised ubiquitously in Chicago
>
> I would steer clear of that fine city if I were you
>
When I first came to the US, in upper NY state, it used to amuse my
friends that I would not ask for apple pie "a la mode" and insisted on
saying "with ice cream". I never had any trouble from waiters about it.
On the other hand, I quickly found it necessary to pronounce "tomato"
American style if I really wanted some on a cafeteria hamburger.

--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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