As a note on idiomatics the, presumably Chinese, lady
on this morning's broadcast 'Culture Shock' seemed to
enjoy the benefits of an editing suite on being assured
by an enthusiatic man that he was looking forward to
eating her delicious meat.
To Those Learning English: beware!
In terms of double-meanings, I can only think of female
connotations and, had it been a Japan-set feature, or
possibly one from an area with a reputation for ***-vac's,
I'd've taken it for a genuine translation of flirtatious idiom.
In terms of how well one should know company in order
for it to be an appropriate usage, generally well enough
the idiom has been satisfactorily demonstrated as fully
comprehended. And as it may offend those with conditions
around which we do so circumlocute and tend to censor,
even if it holds strongly for the hostess at a dinner party -
and it's your place to say so - it could still prove inadvisably
disastrous.
Better get a clear idea of what dishes or preparation styles
you'll sample and try to refer to one or three or so of them
in order to flatter a host/hostess in a UK environment:
"I'm really looking forward to your herb-smoked salmon"
"I hear your garlic mushrooms are delicious"
"So you sautee the venison in claret to start and then
add the pigeons after the potatoes have started to cream?"
"Oh, I thought you could have a bit of everything with the
carvery deal...?"
Otherwise a slightly unfortunate overlap from the symbiotic
worlds of genetic research nomenclature and social trend
observation, also c/o 'Culture Shock'. It seems the Chinese
have seen the English-speaking western-Worlds' embracing
of the fast-food ethic and video-centric environment; they are,
indeed, our companions on the escalator to sedentary inactivity
it seems--and at a point scientists announce that, actually, a
very high pro****tion of human DNA is quite possibly classifiably
"junk".
As in, if we're mostly junk to start with, should junk food not
follow as a dietstyle choice? Or would that be leading the
fish to the spam chunks after the bike's unbolted?
G DAEB
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