Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The first time I heard it was in a restaurant where the waiter said I'll be back momentarily. It was busy and I thought he was warning us to get our choice sorted since he would not be with us very long to take the order ;-) cheers, FD On 23 Sep, 2010, at 14:39, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > Frank, > Momentarily confused me no end when I first heard it, having been > brought up to believe it meant "for a moment" and not "in a moment". > We (Neela & I) actually still laugh out loud when we hear the US > usage, it sounds so strange to our ears! > > We call the sweet pancake/crepe "poli" and the savory ones "dosa" or > "dosai". Poli is made out of refined flour and usually stuffed with > either a mixture of coconut and jaggery, or with a sweet concoction > made from chickpea flour. Dosai is made crisp with a fermented batter > of rice and lentils and are usually eaten plain or stuffed with a mild > potato curry. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Frank Dernie > <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com> wrote: >> Much more complicated than that! >> Here in England "pancakes" are thin, usually served flat sprinkled with >> lemon and sugar. Crepes are the similar but thinner French version. In >> France there are lots of Creperies and they are served in a multitude of >> ways, with both savoury and sweet fillings, pretty well always folded >> over so the filling is "internal". Nobody in England would call a pancake >> a crepe unless they were being pretentious. >> There is no real equivalent in England of what Americans call pancakes, >> though those who will have travelled to the USA may well have tried and >> enjoyed them, as I have, hence know what an American is talking about if >> he says "pancake". >> The nearest equivalent to American-style pancakes in the UK would be >> Scotch pancakes, or drop scones. Being married to a Scot I am -very- >> familiar with them, and make them myself! They are much smaller than the >> American-style pancakes I have come across, 3" to 4" diameter, but >> similar in thickness and texture to their american cousin. Scotch >> pancakes are normally served buttered with Golden Syrup or jam. >> Few, if any, people in England would refer to Scotch pancakes as simply >> pancakes, since in England a pancake is much larger in diameter and much >> thinner. >> >> >> Another confusing difference between English and American! >> >> FD >> >> PS my favourite difference in English and American meaning is in the word >> momentarily, plenty of potential for amusing confusion! >> >> >> On 23 Sep, 2010, at 10:42, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> >>> There are pancakes and there are thin pancakes. >>> The thin pancakes are crapes and the list mentioned. >>> >>> A typical photo lens called a pancake is about 3/4's of an inch thick. >>> http://www.jessops.com/ce-images/PRODUCT/PRODUCT_ENLARGED/ASAMSLE205155090.j >>> pg >>> Or >>> http://tinyurl.com/2b65he7 >>> >>> This pancake we just saw seemed to thin to even grab. 1/4 inch. Must have >>> used more eggs and milk and less flour. >>> hence me calling them cr?pes. Or those other things. Which comes from a >>> list >>> of synonyms for crepes. Which are thin pancakes. >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cr?pe >>> " A cr?pe (English pronunciation: /?kre?p/, French: [k??p]; Breton: >>> krampouezhenn) is a type of very thin pancake, usually made from wheat >>> flour." >>> >>> >>> " An early example is the (Zeiss) Tessar of 1902. The design has seen a >>> resurgence due to the growth of the mirrorless interchangeable lens >>> digital >>> camera (so-called EVIL camera) market, notably the Micro Four Thirds >>> system. >>> >>> In the 1960s and 1970s the Nikon GN (Guide number) lens was a notable >>> example, while in the 1970s and 1980s pancake lenses were used in compact >>> single lens reflex (SLR) cameras.[1]" >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancake_lens >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -------------------- >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> Photography >>> mark at rabinergroup.com >>> >>> >>>> From: Peter Cheyne <geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk> >>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:13:24 +0900 >>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Subject: [Leica] The world's SMALLEST 35mm lens ever for M... Not! >>>> >>>> Mark, >>>> >>>> In English English, we call those thin fried cakes made from batter >>>> 'pancakes' . You can have fun trying to flip them in one swift flick >>>> of the wrist. In Japanese English they call the thicker, perhaps US, >>>> variety 'hot-cakes'. >>>> >>>> Maybe these tiny thin pancake lenses should be selling like 'hot cakes'. >>>> >>>> All the best, >>>> >>>> Peter Cheyne >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Greystacks, 18 Denchworth Road, Wantage, OX12 9AU +44 (0)1235 768505 +44 (0)7803 135214