Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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