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Post by Geoff on Jul 10, 2015 7:28:25 GMT
... lead to the incorrect becoming correct :-) Now that's what I've been trying to say for a long time, but I was never able to express it quite as concisely as that. Looks simple when you see it. I don't know why I've had so much trouble.
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Post by Verbivore on Jul 10, 2015 7:33:16 GMT
Geoff: You may have disappeared for a while, but this thread, which you started five years (and four days) ago, returns to haunt your latest visit! :-)
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Post by Kaz on Jan 21, 2016 8:52:33 GMT
I've always spelt it "mandarine".... Growing up in Melbourne, we were told mandarin referred to the chinese. I've lived in Adelaide for 40 years and have only known them to be called mandarins in SA. I still write mandarine.
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Post by Lea on Apr 11, 2016 22:44:59 GMT
I was under the impression that Mandarine (manda-reen) was the fruit, and Mandarin (manda-rin) was a Chinese language?
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Post by Sam on Jul 8, 2016 6:31:55 GMT
Okay to clear up on everything said here; it can be spelt either mandarin or mandarin as it is known as the mandarin orange and the mandarine fruit. Thats where both spellings come from
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Post by Sam on Jul 8, 2016 6:33:45 GMT
I mean mandarin or mandarine sorry about the confusion
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Post by Neederman on Aug 20, 2016 12:26:20 GMT
I was born in 1951... .mandarine was a fruit and mandarin was a chinese language. Neither the twain should be confused for fear of a rap across the knuckles from the teacher
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Post by Chris D on May 15, 2017 23:20:43 GMT
When I was at school - and I will admit that was a LONG time ago! - we used mandarine for the fruit, and Mandarin for the Oriental emperor. I don't know when it changed, but I DON'T LIKE IT! So there. No one can explain to me WHY it was changed, but it I wish whoever arranged for it to be changed - in Australia at least! - could arrange for it to be changed back. Still, a lot of kids I taught (high school) wouldn't have a clue about the difference between the fruit and an Oriental emperor! Sorry to butt in, but I did want to know, and this site came up.
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Post by Verbivore on May 15, 2017 23:43:31 GMT
Chris D (and Neederman): There appear to be at least three of us for maintaining the difference between officebearers and citrus. :-)
I recently was reminded of a similar difference: mandolin (the musical instrument) and mandoline (the kitchen slicer gadget). I don't julienne my carrots (or even mandarines) on a mandolin, and I don't play music on a mandoline.
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Post by Dave Miller on May 16, 2017 7:08:35 GMT
Ooh, another one I'd never noticed. To me, in the UK, the kitchen tool is a mandolin slicer - simple metaphor. I just did a bit of (crude) research, though, by looking at slicers for sale on the UK versions of Amazon and eBay, and found a mix: roughly two thirds mandolin, one third mandoline.
I shall now go and make my breakfast, perhaps involving a frying pane, a toast racke and an egg cupe ...
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Post by SusanB on May 16, 2017 8:23:04 GMT
This thread popped up and I responded to something that I then realised was really old. Discussion has moved on. So I decided to delete it, but couldn't see how (smallish screen may be the problem there!) So this is a non-post, really - just an explanation of why it is here. If I figure out the delete when I'm using a more readable screen later, I'll remove it. Apologies!
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Post by Verbivore on May 16, 2017 8:25:22 GMT
Ooh, another one I'd never noticed. To me, in the UK, the kitchen tool is a mandolin slicer - simple metaphor. I just did a bit of (crude) research, though, by looking at slicers for sale on the UK versions of Amazon and eBay, and found a mix: roughly two thirds mandolin, one third mandoline. I shall now go and make my breakfast, perhaps involving a frying pane, a toast racke and an egg cupe ...It will all taste better with those added Es, Dave. Think of them as vitamins: E is definitely a good one to have! :-)
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Post by Verbivore on May 16, 2017 8:26:41 GMT
Good to see you drop by, SusanB. :-)
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Post by SusanB on May 16, 2017 8:35:48 GMT
Good to see you drop by, SusanB. :-) You caught me between posts! (See above for my delete struggle.) Didn't expect anyone to notice!
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Post by Verbivore on May 16, 2017 9:58:16 GMT
You caught me between posts! (See above for my delete struggle.) Didn't expect anyone to notice! Didn't you know that this is the all-seeing, all-knowing internet? A tad too like Orwell's Telescreen, no?
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