mjmooney Posted March 17, 2022 Author VT Supporter Share Posted March 17, 2022 "Fish and chips twice" "I heard you the first time" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted March 17, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted March 17, 2022 Mix this with "Can I get" fish and chips twice and I might contemplate murder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Phil Silvers Posted March 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2022 2 fish and chips is 2 pieces of fish with chips. Fish and chips twice is as it sounds. A 2 year old would know this. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 33 minutes ago, Phil Silvers said: 2 fish and chips is 2 pieces of fish with chips. Fish and chips twice is as it sounds. Exactly. But if I asked a pub for 2 gin and tonic it is obvious that I mean 2 drinks. Why the difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 3 minutes ago, Mandy Lifeboats said: Exactly. But if I asked a pub for 2 gin and tonic it is obvious that I mean 2 drinks. Why the difference? Because you would ask for a double gin and tonic for one drink, even a baby would know this It's simply how English works, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 5 minutes ago, Phil Silvers said: Because you would ask for a double gin and tonic for one drink, even a baby would know this It's simply how English works, I am pretty sure that you can't begin a sentence with "because". Even a baby would know this. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, Mandy Lifeboats said: I am pretty sure that you can't begin a sentence with "because". Even a baby would know this. I know, I knew and I was going to change it but I like living on the edge sometimes, anyway, how would one order 14 individual pork scratchings. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 22, 2022 Moderator Share Posted March 22, 2022 On 17/03/2022 at 19:43, Mandy Lifeboats said: Exactly. But if I asked a pub for 2 gin and tonic it is obvious that I mean 2 drinks. Why the difference? First off I think you would ask for "2 gin and tonics". The plural on tonics would be a hint. But even if you did ask for "2 gin and tonic" it would be a comparitively strange order as drinks orders go, to want 2 (single) gins and 1 tonic water. Not impossible, but very rare - and if you did want that, you'd probably specify it at the time otherwise you'd very likely get 2 and 2. Or you'd ask for '2 gin and a tonic'. But it is not that weird to want 2 fish and 1 portion of chips. Not sure about over there, but here if you just get a fish, they sling in a load of chips with it anyway, and/or one of the customers mightn't be that big an eater. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 On 17/03/2022 at 19:53, sidcow said: Fixed that. I would say 2 portions of fish and chips please. Actually I wouldn't, I'd more likely say one portion of Roe and Chips and one pasty and chips please. Is the right answer from my time working in the industry You would ask for 2 portions of fish and chips, or 2 fish and a portion of chips if you just meant 1 chips But you lost it at roe and chips, I couldn't even bring myself to eat that muck when it was free 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Never heard “fish and chips twice” before in my life… am I alone here 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted March 22, 2022 Moderator Share Posted March 22, 2022 5 minutes ago, KentVillan said: Never heard “fish and chips twice” before in my life… am I alone here I dunno about alone...sheltered, maybe? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 22, 2022 Author VT Supporter Share Posted March 22, 2022 35 minutes ago, BOF said: But it is not that weird to want 2 fish and 1 portion of chips. Not sure about over there, but here if you just get a fish, they sling in a load of chips with it anyway, and/or one of the customers mightn't be that big an eater Exactly so. For me and the missus I always get 'two fish, one chips', as the chips portions are way too big for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 4 minutes ago, blandy said: I dunno about alone...sheltered, maybe? I usually say “pan fried sea bass with pommes frites and a Perrier, deux fois” 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 22, 2022 Moderator Share Posted March 22, 2022 Just now, mjmooney said: Exactly so. For me and the missus I always get 'two fish, one chips', as the chips portions are way too big for us. 'And 2 fish cuz she ain't gettin' none o' mine'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 (edited) Genuinely though I would always just assume 2 fish & chips = 2 fish + 2 portions chips and that’s how I would order it. Nobody has ever challenged me on this. Edited March 22, 2022 by KentVillan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 22, 2022 Moderator Share Posted March 22, 2022 1 minute ago, KentVillan said: I usually say “pan fried sea bass with pommes frites and a Perrier, deux fois” This actually reminds me of the time I turned up in a little seaside town and the chipper had smoked hake. Oh sweet merciful ... heaven. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 1 minute ago, KentVillan said: Genuinely though I would always just assume 2 fish & chips = 2 fish + 2 portions chips and that’s how I would order it. Yeah I think most people did from memory The vast majority of people if they wanted 2 fish 1 chips would specify it, most would go "2 fish and 1 large chips" can't remember in 4 years of working in a chippy ever having that misunderstanding and I saw a lot of customers moaning like **** in there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 22, 2022 Author VT Supporter Share Posted March 22, 2022 1 minute ago, BOF said: This actually reminds me of the time I turned up in a little seaside town and the chipper had smoked hake. Oh sweet merciful ... heaven. Irish coastal towns are a bit of a seafood gastronome's delight from what I've heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted March 22, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted March 22, 2022 I had hake in a tapas restaurant once, and it was one of the best things I'd ever eaten. Genuinely since then on the rare occasions I'm in a restaurant I'll check to see if they've got a hake dish first and foremost. And they never do. Forever chasing that fish dragon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 22, 2022 Moderator Share Posted March 22, 2022 1 minute ago, Chindie said: I had hake in a tapas restaurant once, and it was one of the best things I'd ever eaten. Genuinely since then on the rare occasions I'm in a restaurant I'll check to see if they've got a hake dish first and foremost. And they never do. Forever chasing that fish dragon It's fairly common over here in restaurants and decent gastro pubs. Certainly not something you'd have to go in search of. But in a common or garden chip shop that's the only time I've ever seen it, and they haven't had it since on the few ocassions I've been back down there. As for 'things I always order if it's on the menu'. For me that would be venison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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