On 2/18/2019 4:03 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Monday, February 18, 2019 at 3:27:54 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>> On Mon, 18 Feb 2019 12:39:29 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:
>>
>>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 17 Feb 2019 19:43:01 -0500, songbird wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>>> songbird wrote:
>>>>> ...
>>>>>>> saurkraut and double sweet italian sausage...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Double sweet Italian sausage"? It looks like there are two pizza
>>>>>> places in the world that use this term, one on Lung Island, the
>>>>>> other in Orlando.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is no such thing as "Double sweet Italian sausage" and
>>>>>> anybody using that term doesn't know what "sweet" means when
>>>>>> referencing savory Italian foods. "Sweet" means very mild, not
>>>> very >> spicy, and not piquant. So "Double sweet" would mean no
>>>> spices at >> all, making "double sweet Italian sausage" the
>>>> equivalent of ground >> pork, and an oxymoron.
>>>>>
>>>>> double as in amount. like double mushrooms,
>>>>> double onions, double cheese...
>>>>
>>>> I've never heard anyone order "double" anything on a pizza. 99.999%
>>>> of people use the term "extra".
>>>>
>>>>> there are many kinds of sweet italian sausage and
>>>>> some of them i've had are indeed sweet (from fennel
>>>>> or anise or the liquors from such or ...).
>>>>
>>>> I think you're trying to weasel out of your brain fart.
>>>>
>>>> -sw
>>>
>>> I think you are being an idiot because the term 'double the sweet
>>> sausage' isn't common where you are.
>>
>>
>> I've never heard of Double sweet saw-seege... is it served in Double D
>> cups? In fact I've never seen any pizza joint say whetherr their
>> pizza's saw-seege topping is hot or sweet. I'm sure they use sweet as
>> there's a shaker of hot pepper flakes on each table.
>
> People underestimate the importance of the lowly hyphen.
>
> Double-sweet sausage is twice as sweet.
> Double sweet sausage is twice as much sweet sausage.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
Hyphens are expensive, use them sparingly.