Non-US term for "doggy bag"

grusl

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Oct 12, 2008, 12:44:16 AM10/12/08

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Does anyone recall a British or other non-US term for "doggy bag" or "doggie
bag" when one takes the remains of a restaurant meal home, if there is such
a term. (I am neither British nor American, and I'm forgetting colloquial
usage in both).

In India, the term is "parcel" used as v. or n., as in "Can you parcel that
chicken tikka for me."

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore

Mike Lyle

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Oct 12, 2008, 3:18:15 PM10/12/08

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"Doggy/ie bag" in BrE, too.

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Mike.

John Varela

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Oct 12, 2008, 3:28:45 PM10/12/08

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On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:56:16 -0400, grusl wrote
(in article <gcrvb4$rqt$1...@registered.motzarella.org>):

I can't recall the last time I heard "doggy bag" used. The practice
has become so common that the server will usually ask, depending on the
formality of the restaurant, something like:

"You wanna take that home?"
"I'll bring you a box for that."
"Do you want me to wrap that for you?"
"Would you like to take that with you?"

If the server doesn't ask, then the patron might say something like:

"I'd like to take this home."
"Could you bring me a box for this?"

I haven't noted any standard terminology, other than the leftovers
being referred to as "this" or "that", depending who's speaking.

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John Varela
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Bob Cunningham

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Oct 12, 2008, 8:45:17 PM10/12/08

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I wonder if anyone in America says "doggy bag" anymore. For as long
as I can remember, we've been accustomed to saying "May we have a box
for this, please". Restaurants normally have styrofoam carry-out
boxes of various sizes, and the waitperson will bring one that will
fit your need.
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Bob Cunningham, Southern California, USA. Western American English

TsuiDF

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Oct 14, 2008, 5:03:48 PM10/14/08

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On Oct 13, 2:45 am, Bob Cunningham <exw6...@earthlink.net> wrote:

> I wonder if anyone in America says "doggy bag" anymore. For as long
> as I can remember, we've been accustomed to saying "May we have a box
> for this, please".

Massachusetts coast, throughout the 1960s, at least. I thought doggie
bags were east coast and 'to go boxes' were mid-West and further
(Oklahoma, 1993 was the first time I ever heard about such boxes).

I also remember my childhood terror that the restaurant staff would
find out we had no dog and keep us prisoner, washing dishes or some
such, if they realised we were lying!

cheers,
Stephanie
in Brussels

PS -- shirley we've discussed this to bits here before...?

grusl

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Oct 14, 2008, 11:59:09 PM10/14/08

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"TsuiDF" <stephanie...@chello.be> wrote in message
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On Oct 13, 2:45 am, Bob Cunningham <exw6...@earthlink.net> wrote:

>> I wonder if anyone in America says "doggy bag" anymore. For as long
>>as I can remember, we've been accustomed to saying "May we have a box
>>for this, please".

>PS -- shirley we've discussed this to bits here before...?

Quite possibly. My fault if we have. Google Groups was acting up before I
posted. I'm just going to say "took the leftovers home".

John Holmes

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Oct 16, 2008, 7:51:08 AM10/16/08

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And in AusE. But lately I have noticed a lot of restaurants here have a
policy of "No doggy bags".
Someone has told them that they could be sued if customers get sick
through improper storage and reheating of leftover food.

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Richard Bollard

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Oct 16, 2008, 11:43:52 PM10/16/08

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On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:51:08 +1100, "John Holmes" <see...@instead.com>
wrote:

I have known places to use that excuse for now bothering but I am
skeptical that it is a fair dinkum legal reality. Of course they may
believe that it is a real risk even if it isn't.

"No daggy bogs."

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Richard Bollard
Canberra Australia

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