ATAR Notes: Forum

VCE Stuff => VCE English Studies => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE English Language => Topic started by: Joseph41 on April 14, 2017, 08:49:28 pm

Title: Sliced, battered, deep fried potatoes
Post by: Joseph41 on April 14, 2017, 08:49:28 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/3z03Ih4.png)

Amazing. What a man.

For what it's worth.
Title: Re: Sliced, battered, deep fried potatoes
Post by: jamonwindeyer on April 14, 2017, 09:21:02 pm
(http://img.taste.com.au/-l6L5bYJ/w720-h480-cfill-q80/taste/2016/11/homemade-chocolate-cake-85524-1.jpeg)

That is a cake.

(http://keithsfoods.com.au/images/products/large/r6qrs31uf1.jpg)

These are not. That is all :)
Title: Re: Sliced, battered, deep fried potatoes
Post by: Joseph41 on April 14, 2017, 09:24:40 pm
Jamon pls
Title: Re: Sliced, battered, deep fried potatoes
Post by: sudodds on April 14, 2017, 09:32:45 pm
Quote from: jamonwindeyer on April 14, 2017, 09:21:02 pm
(http://img.taste.com.au/-l6L5bYJ/w720-h480-cfill-q80/taste/2016/11/homemade-chocolate-cake-85524-1.jpeg)

That is a cake.

(http://keithsfoods.com.au/images/products/large/r6qrs31uf1.jpg)

These are not. That is all :)

(http://thewoksoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/steamed-scallops-13.jpg)

That is a scallop.

(http://keithsfoods.com.au/images/products/large/r6qrs31uf1.jpg)

These are not. That is all :)
Title: Re: Sliced, battered, deep fried potatoes
Post by: pootato on April 14, 2017, 10:22:32 pm
as potato is part of my username, i feel obliged to say that the correct term is potato cake. That is all :)
Title: Re: Sliced, battered, deep fried potatoes
Post by: spectroscopy on April 14, 2017, 11:59:05 pm
i read a very interesting linguistic study showing word diversity across australia. there are heaps of these and it all has very clear geographical boundaries. one crazy one i remember was how in alot of australia, parmigiana is called a "parmi" but in all of vic (and a few other places) its a "parma" except in geelong which also uses "parmi". another interesting one is: what do you call the taps you drink from at school? there were more but i forgot.

EDIT: heres a link to something similiar http://www.smh.com.au/national/australian-linguistics-roadshow-words-that-divide-the-nation-20151119-gl31n2.html
Title: Re: Sliced, battered, deep fried potatoes
Post by: cookiedream on April 15, 2017, 08:16:28 am
Asking the important questions :)
(btw it's a potato cake)
Title: Re: Sliced, battered, deep fried potatoes
Post by: Joseph41 on April 15, 2017, 09:57:58 am
And just for context, this is a great example to use regarding language variation in Australian English. ;)
Title: Re: Sliced, battered, deep fried potatoes
Post by: jamonwindeyer on April 15, 2017, 10:25:16 am
Am I really the only one who calls them scallops? Come oooon guys  :o
Title: Re: Sliced, battered, deep fried potatoes
Post by: Joseph41 on April 15, 2017, 10:27:08 am
Quote from: jamonwindeyer on April 15, 2017, 10:25:16 am
Am I really the only one who calls them scallops? Come oooon guys  :o

Nah, you definitely wouldn't be alone in New South Wales.

But you might have a tricky time in Victoria.

(http://i.imgur.com/vbW1obR.png)
Title: Re: Sliced, battered, deep fried potatoes
Post by: literally lauren on April 15, 2017, 10:40:48 am
(http://i.imgur.com/GGeLY2T.png)

I'm "other."

It's a battered-flat-yellow-spud and you're all weirdos.
Title: Re: Sliced, battered, deep fried potatoes
Post by: Joseph41 on April 15, 2017, 10:45:59 am
Quote from: literally lauren on April 15, 2017, 10:40:48 am
(http://i.imgur.com/GGeLY2T.png)

I'm "other."

It's a battered-flat-yellow-spud and you're all weirdos.

Oh - the bfys for short?
Title: Re: Sliced, battered, deep fried potatoes
Post by: Alter on April 15, 2017, 01:05:21 pm
Can we appreciate the tiny proportion of people in that diagram that are conflating the prestigious hash brown with its beautiful, sliced, battered, deep fried counterpart? 
Title: Re: Sliced, battered, deep fried potatoes
Post by: tashhhaaa on April 15, 2017, 09:15:45 pm
it's a potato cake! scallops are seafood lol
Title: Re: Sliced, battered, deep fried potatoes
Post by: Coffee on April 15, 2017, 09:32:04 pm
Funny, we were talking about this in a Linguistics lecture a week or two ago.

Quote from: Alter on April 15, 2017, 01:05:21 pm
Can we appreciate the tiny proportion of people in that diagram that are conflating the prestigious hash brown with its beautiful, sliced, battered, deep fried counterpart? 
Interestingly, this is also a hash brown:
(https://pioneerwoman.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/how-to-make-hash-browns-01.jpg?w=780)

And this is a potato cake in the US:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Hashbrown_potato_patty.jpg/170px-Hashbrown_potato_patty.jpg)

Anywho, for what it's worth, I call it a potato cake. ;D

For more controversy: http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/what-aussies-say-differently/news-story/0afeb068eb99ca1bc0f1ba47c0025682 :P
Title: Re: Sliced, battered, deep fried potatoes
Post by: sweetiepi on April 15, 2017, 10:24:04 pm
Potato Scallops: A dish that involves cheese, bacon and potatoes.

Potato Cakes: Those fried potato things you get at the fish and chip shop :P

(In my opinion anyways :P )