American things

This is just to say

I have eaten brimstead's plums

Forgive me

a cold apple can be pretty good. soft fruit should be room temp though imo, sorry bill

kinda prefer grapefruit room temp too

tbf, expat hypercritical of american family is an american thing

lol yes

it’s because they do everything wrong

tbf, expat hypercritical of american family is an american thing

― Sufjan Grafton, Saturday, January 13, 2024 10:23 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

somebody had to say it

Rx is a common abbreviation for medical prescriptions derived from the Latin verb recipere, "take / receive".

Not used in the UK. I mean, I have seen it before but I'm not sure in what context?

I got to thinking about this while waiting for some antibiotics today. Over here it's a given that Rx = precription and you'll see it printed everywhere at the pharmacy. But until today I didn't know why.

*prescription

Because Americans originally spoke classical Latin, duh

exactly, just as Jesus did before discovering America

Jesus bought America, excuse me

It's probably some relic from 18th century English apothecaries.

This is the only place I've seen Rx in the UK:

https://i.imgur.com/YaH6h6p.jpg

Indeed... I was gonna say that the Royal Trux logo makes less sense to those unfamilar with the comman usage of Rx in the US.

"ketchup"

big tough dudes who are scared to be naked or see others naked

_*Rx* is a common abbreviation for medical prescriptions derived from the Latin verb recipere, "take / receive"._

Is this used anywhere outside of the US?

"ketchup"

fuckin right

take your catsup bullshit elsewhere

I regret to inform you that the catsup bullshit is even more American than ketchup

yeah ketchup is tbh widespread

catsup is American and only american that ive ever seen

Except that "ketchup" derives from Dutch/Malay "ketjap." But hey let's not let anything like facts get in the way of cheap anti-US
zings

The etymology of the word ketchup is unclear and has multiple competing theories:

also im not seeing the vicious anti yank zing here but hey

_"ketchup"_

fuckin right

take your catsup bullshit elsewhere

"Catsup" is about as American a word as it's possible to be.

The etymology of the word ketchup is unclear and has multiple competing theories:

i think you meant to quote/link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup#Etymology .... and, dang!

"Fancy" ketchup

Some ketchup in the U.S. is labeled "Fancy". This is a USDA grade, relating to specific gravity. Fancy ketchup has a higher tomato solid concentration than other USDA grades.

ain't that America!

Said here's your ketchup, fancy don't let me down!

"i think you meant to quote/link"

well how very presumptuous

sure the difference in use of the word "fancy" between USA/UK has led to some hilarious misunderstandings re:costumes at "fancy dress" parties.

cmon you even pasted the colon

like so much digital catsup

xp

i post precisely what i mean to say, nothing more, nothing less!

the Heinz squeeze nozzle of posters

I think the only American I’ve ever heard say “catsup” was Porky Pig

That's one more cartoon pig than anywhere outside the US tbf

I always thought it was pronounced like "ketchup" regardless of how it was spelled.

_*Rx* is a common abbreviation for medical prescriptions derived from the Latin verb recipere, "take / receive"._

Is this used anywhere outside of the US?

Yeah, in medicine worldwide, but it’s more like a term of trade rather than in widespread use. Also Hx, patient history, Dx, diagnosis, etc.
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, April 25, 2024 11:19 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

Yep. I work at a hospital in the UK and we use all of these.

I don't understand the original post though. What's wrong with ketchup? It's a hell of a lot better than red sauce or tomato sauce both of which I've heard here and are dumb. Tomato sauce is for pasta duh. Red sauce is just inexcusable.

^ classic American thing

On behalf of the culture behind salsa roja I must reluctantly fp enbb

I also don’t understand the original post tho, virtually everybody says ketchup here ime (incidentally it is called catsup in Mexico but otherwise I think that is a specifically American regionalism so yeah a baffling counter to the odd original post)

here ime

is there anywhere else

Than the uk? Happily yes

Using "english" when playing cue sports (= side spin)

ketchup/tomato sauce is interchangeable in my own cultural experience

hi sorry, what

My late Sicilian grandmother is attempting to climb out of her grave

tell her to tomato sauce

Lol

Happily yes

I wonder if it’s possible that a poster from another place, posting on a borad historically overpopulated with people from another place, on a thread started by a person from another place to simply note “American things,” might simply be noting the existence of a sweetened American-derived product that, for eg, Heinz gave up on even manufacturing in that place after a concerted campaign of decades to increase their sales of ketchup vs their own version of the local condiment languished in single-digit percentages