Use of "blitz" to mean using a blender.

[janice]

I am in the UK and nowadays see many TV chefs and newspaper writers use the
term "to blitz" to mean to use a blender for a short period of time.

What's wrong with "use the blender" or even "blend" instead of "blitz"?

Presumably the verb "to blitz" has come from American English but why is it
so widespread when all it doesis replace a perfectly good existing word?





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crossposted to English and food groups

[Jack Campin]

> I am in the UK and nowadays see many TV chefs and newspaper writers use
> the term "to blitz" to mean to use a blender for a short period of time.
>
> What's wrong with "use the blender" or even "blend" instead of "blitz"?
>
> Presumably the verb "to blitz" has come from American English but why
> is it so widespread when all it doesis replace a perfectly good existing
> word?

Since Britain got much more thoroughly blitzed than the US and has
retained the folk memory of its blitzification with a lot of
circumstantial detail, I'd expect it to be an indigenous British
usage.

"Blitz" in BrE more often means "clean thoroughly".

I think "nuke" (in the microwave) is American, though.

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[Julie Bove]

"janice" <inv...@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:XnsA0E8F29C...@204.153.245.20...

>I am in the UK and nowadays see many TV chefs and newspaper writers use the
> term "to blitz" to mean to use a blender for a short period of time.
>
> What's wrong with "use the blender" or even "blend" instead of "blitz"?
>
> Presumably the verb "to blitz" has come from American English but why is
> it
> so widespread when all it doesis replace a perfectly good existing word?

I'm in the US and I've never heard it.

[Horace LaBadie]

In article <XnsA0E8F29C...@204.153.245.20>,

janice <inv...@nospam.com> wrote:

> I am in the UK and nowadays see many TV chefs and newspaper writers use the
> term "to blitz" to mean to use a blender for a short period of time.
>
> What's wrong with "use the blender" or even "blend" instead of "blitz"?
>
> Presumably the verb "to blitz" has come from American English but why is it
> so widespread when all it doesis replace a perfectly good existing word?

American cooks "pulse" a blender, brief on/off cycling of the motor.

[Dr Nick]

Jack Campin <bo...@purr.demon.co.uk> writes:

>> I am in the UK and nowadays see many TV chefs and newspaper writers
>> use the term "to blitz" to mean to use a blender for a short period
>> of time.
>>
>> What's wrong with "use the blender" or even "blend" instead of
>> "blitz"?
>>
>> Presumably the verb "to blitz" has come from American English but
>> why is it so widespread when all it doesis replace a perfectly good
>> existing word?
>
> Since Britain got much more thoroughly blitzed than the US and has
> retained the folk memory of its blitzification with a lot of
> circumstantial detail, I'd expect it to be an indigenous British
> usage.

Well quite. Why on earth should "blitz" be from American?

>
> "Blitz" in BrE more often means "clean thoroughly".

It does "let's blitz the house this weekend", but it can mean to make a
sudden approach (dare I say "lightening attack") on anything. "I'm
going to blitz the paperwork today".

> I think "nuke" (in the microwave) is American, though.

How about "zap"?

[Dave Bugg]

janice wrote:

> Presumably the verb "to blitz" has come from American English..snip

I kinda doubt it. I've not heard that term used here.

--
A democracy is two wolves and a small lamb voting on what to have for
dinner. Freedom under a constitutional republic is a well armed lamb
contesting the vote. --- Anon

[tony cooper]

On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:05:31 +0100, Jack Campin
<bo...@purr.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>> I am in the UK and nowadays see many TV chefs and newspaper writers use
>> the term "to blitz" to mean to use a blender for a short period of time.
>>
>> What's wrong with "use the blender" or even "blend" instead of "blitz"?
>>
>> Presumably the verb "to blitz" has come from American English but why
>> is it so widespread when all it doesis replace a perfectly good existing
>> word?
>
>Since Britain got much more thoroughly blitzed than the US and has
>retained the folk memory of its blitzification with a lot of
>circumstantial detail, I'd expect it to be an indigenous British
>usage.
>
>"Blitz" in BrE more often means "clean thoroughly".

Quite a few Americans, and this one included, have a container of
Blitz polish in the closet. Blitz is best-known for a jewelry
cleaning polish and treated jewelry polishing cloths.

The company was founded in 1912 and the products were developed then.
The company's history page does not say if the original name of the
company or the product was "Blitz", though.

I associate "blitz" with WWII, but have no idea when the word was
coined.


--
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

[spamtrap1888]

On Oct 10, 3:50 pm, janice <inva...@nospam.com> wrote:
> I am in the UK and nowadays see many TV chefs and newspaper writers use the
> term "to blitz" to mean to use a blender for a short period of time.
>
> What's wrong with "use the blender" or even "blend" instead of "blitz"?
>
> Presumably the verb "to blitz" has come from American English but why is it
> so widespread when all it doesis replace a perfectly good existing word?
>

"Blend" implies thoroughness. "Blitz" means lightning-fast.

[rwalker]

In article <XnsA0E8F29C...@204.153.245.20,

janice <inv...@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>> I am in the UK and nowadays see many TV chefs and newspaper writers use the
>> term "to blitz" to mean to use a blender for a short period of time.
>>
>> What's wrong with "use the blender" or even "blend" instead of "blitz"?
>>
>> Presumably the verb "to blitz" has come from American English but why is it
>> so widespread when all it doesis replace a perfectly good existing word?
>

Never heard the term "to blitz" used in American English. Maybe it's
the Australians or the Canadians or New Zealanders or Nigerians or
Bahamians?

Rob (AmE)

[Nasti J]

On Oct 10, 4:41 pm, Dr Nick <nospa...@temporary-address.org.uk> wrote:
.
>
> It does "let's blitz the house this weekend", but it can mean to make a
> sudden approach (dare I say "lightening attack")

Only if you're attacking with bleach

[pavane]

"Julie Bove" <juli...@frontier.com> wrote in message
news:k54vqo$as5$1...@dont-email.me...

Ask your husband. Every US Marine has used Blitz Cloth
to clean brass fittings and to look good. Probably even
Army people have done so. A Blitz Cloth is something
that anyone in the American Military (save possibly a Navy
cook or so...) has had intimate and finger-darkening
experience with. It is part of our culture.
http://www.blitzinc.com/catalog/cleaning-cloths-kits
" The Original Blitz Cloth was developed in 1912 for the
polishing of brass in United States Military "
... Read and revel in our history.

pavane

[Nasti J]

On Oct 10, 7:33 pm, "pavane" <pav...@leisure.org> wrote:
> "Julie Bove" <julieb...@frontier.com> wrote in message

>

> > I'm in the US and I've never heard it.
>
> Ask your husband. Every US Marine has used Blitz Cloth

A) I'm pretty sure she's heard the word blitz, just not used as
decribed un the original post.
B) You don't whether she even HAS a husband, and even if she does, the
odds of him having been a Marine aree really low.

[Nancy Young]

I never heard the term blitz used to mean pulse in the blender.

However, am I mistaken or is blitz not a German word for lightning?

nancy

[pavane]

"Nasti J" <njgi...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:090a8131-e447-4e2b...@n7g2000pbj.googlegroups.com...

.................

Yes I do. Where have you been these last years?
He was in the Army, recently retired. Now shut up.

[Julie Bove]

"Nasti J" <njgi...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:090a8131-e447-4e2b...@n7g2000pbj.googlegroups.com...

Of course I have heard the word. Just not used like that. Where I used to
work we would say "Blitz the stockroom:" and that meant we all met back
there at a certain time and got things cleaned up and put away as quickly as
we could. And then of course there is the Ballroom Blitz.

I do have a husband and he was in the Coast Guard. Whether or ever used
that cloth, I do not know.

[tony cooper]

I mentioned having Blitz polishing products in the house in an earlier
post. I've used it for years, but don't remember when I first
purchased their product or knew about it. I could very well have been
when I was in the Army. The Marines aren't the only military who have
brass to polish.

[Julie Bove]

"tony cooper" <tony.co...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:svic78d95nbd4oc5q...@4ax.com...

My husband used a very flammable brass polish but I don't remember the name.
Came in a can and it had wadding cloth in it. Let me see if I can find it
by a search. Yep. NEVR-DULL.

[tony cooper]

On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:26:06 -0400, rwalker <rwa...@despammed.com>
wrote:

"Blitz" is commonly used to describe an intense advertising campaign.
In fact, it just appeared in a news article:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jRTtDpxN351VsxPDBq8nJHpHbesw?docId=20d9377c2efd4c3f9d7a29ee6260120e

The headline is:

Pro-romney super PAC plans 4-state TV ad blitz

And, to provided balanced references:

http://www.newsleader.com/article/20121005/NEWS01/310050018/Va-ad-blitz-seems-boosting-Obama-here

The headline is:

Study: Obama's lead in Virginia partly due to September ad blitz

[tony cooper]

I have that product, too. It is not a polish like Blitz that applied,
allowed to dry, and buffed off. The NEVR-DULL "wadding" is
impregnated with some chemical. The wadding is rubbed on the object
and used until it turns very black. We polish silver with it.

[tony cooper]

Forgot to add: Defensive players blitz the quarterback in football.
If you follow football (the American kind) it would be hard not to
hear "blitz" used. A common phrase used by television commentators is
"They're showing blitz", meaning that the defense is lining up in such
a way that a blitz is expected or that the cornerback appears to be
about to launch a safety blitz.

[spamtrap1888]

On Oct 10, 5:05 pm, tony cooper <tony.cooper...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:05:31 +0100, Jack Campin
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> <bo...@purr.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >> I am in the UK and nowadays see many TV chefs and newspaper writers use
> >> the  term "to blitz" to mean to use a blender for a short period of time.
>
> >> What's wrong with "use the blender" or even "blend" instead of "blitz"?
>
> >> Presumably the verb "to blitz" has come from American English but why
> >> is it so widespread when all it doesis replace a perfectly good existing
> >> word?
>
> >Since Britain got much more thoroughly blitzed than the US and has
> >retained the folk memory of its blitzification with a lot of
> >circumstantial detail, I'd expect it to be an indigenous British
> >usage.
>
> >"Blitz" in BrE more often means "clean thoroughly".
>
> Quite a few Americans, and this one included, have a container of
> Blitz polish in the closet.  Blitz is best-known for a jewelry
> cleaning polish and treated jewelry polishing cloths.

I've bought Flitz but never Blitz.

www.flitz-polish.com/

[Julie Bove]

"tony cooper" <tony.co...@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:uqkc781ovgl3njera...@4ax.com...

AFAIK the only thing my husand ever used it for was his belt buckle but he
did say it was commonly used on ships.

[Steve Hayes]

On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:50:58 +0100, janice <inv...@nospam.com> wrote:

>I am in the UK and nowadays see many TV chefs and newspaper writers use the
>term "to blitz" to mean to use a blender for a short period of time.
>
>What's wrong with "use the blender" or even "blend" instead of "blitz"?
>
>Presumably the verb "to blitz" has come from American English but why is it
>so widespread when all it doesis replace a perfectly good existing word?

I would have thought that the AmE term would be "zap".


--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

[Steve Hayes]

On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:04:53 -0400, tony cooper <tony.co...@gmail.com>
wrote:

>I associate "blitz" with WWII, but have no idea when the word was
>coined.

I think it was coined by the German military, who used "blitzkrieg" to
describe their swift attacks on Poland, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, the
Netherlands and France. The were helped in these by the "sitzkrieg" engaged in
by the French, who, after declaring war, sat on their bums and twiddled their
thumbs.

[Guy Barry]

"janice" wrote in message news:XnsA0E8F29C...@204.153.245.20...

> I am in the UK and nowadays see many TV chefs and newspaper writers use
> the
> term "to blitz" to mean to use a blender for a short period of time.

> What's wrong with "use the blender" or even "blend" instead of "blitz"?

> Presumably the verb "to blitz" has come from American English but why is
> it
> so widespread when all it doesis replace a perfectly good existing word?

I always took it as a humorous usage, like "nuke" for putting something in a
microwave. But is there another single verb that means "to put in a
blender"? "Blend" doesn't necessarily suggest the use of a blender to me.

--
Guy Barry

[Harrison Hill]

That is beyond the pale.

[LFS]

Quite white.

[aue only]

--
Laura
(emulate St. George for email)

[ProfIJM]

My immediate guess regarding its American usage as the name of a
jewellery polish would be its similarity to "glitz".

Pretty much all British usage derives from the use of "blitzkrieg" in
British newspaper headlines from the beginning of WWII onwards.

It's a great sounding word but, in agreement with the original poster, I
must say I find its recent and incessant use by people such as Lorraine
Pascale to mean simply "blend" an irritating pathetic attempt to be
"down with the kids" - much like the dancing/tracking captions
(mimicking certain mobile phone apps) which seem to have first appeared
on the same show but are now infecting a number of others.

I,JM

[Nasti J]

On Oct 10, 8:02 pm, "pavane"

> He was in the Army, recently retired. Now shut up.

You should have shut up before you misidentified his branch of the
service!

[Dr Nick]

"Wizz" or "Whizz". You can get plenty of hits showing it if you search
for >wizz for nn seconds< (or with whizz, and where nn is a small round
number like 5 or 10 or 30)

[R H Draney]

Guy Barry filted:

Not when there's "chop", "stir", "liquefy", "puree", "crush", "emulsify",
"pulverize", "mix" and four other buttons....

"Blitz" suggests the use of a reindeer....r


--
Me? Sarcastic?
Yeah, right.

[ProfIJM]

Personally, I'd rather hear the word "muller". At least it has a
potential definition (crunch something up via a pestle and mortar)
reasonably close to the action being described.

I,JM

[ProfIJM]

Perhaps "blitz" is the new "eleven".

> "Blitz" suggests the use of a reindeer....r

Other settings: "dash", "dance" and "prance"...?

I,JM

[GordonD]

"Guy Barry" <guy....@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:78tds.293602$x81.2...@fx06.am4...

Maybe we could derive one from the manufacturer's name, in the same way that
'hoover' has come to mean 'use a vacuum cleaner, regardless of brand'?
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God."

[Peter Duncanson (BrE)]

Very good!

--
Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.english.usage)

[Cheryl]

I've heard blitz in that sense, but never in reference to blenders.

--
Cheryl

[Don Phillipson]

"tony cooper" <tony.co...@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:9s2c78phuj9phgg4e...@4ax.com...

> I associate "blitz" with WWII, but have no idea when the word was
> coined.

It dates from the 1930s (and perhaps earlier) in Germany, superseding
"breakththrough war" (coined for 1918 German offensive tactics, which
were initially successful.) Blitz is regular German for lightning (viz.
Donner und Blitzen = thunder and lightning(s): so Blitzkrieg = lightning
war was the German name for new offensive tactics (integrating
armour, infantry, and air attack) which succeeded in Poland in 1939
and France in 1940. By then the word Blitz was known in Britain, which
applied it mainly to bomber attacks, so that the whole Luftwaffe
assault on London became "The Blitz."

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

[Christian Weisgerber]

Nancy Young <rjynly...@vverizon.net> wrote:

> I never heard the term blitz used to mean pulse in the blender.
> However, am I mistaken or is blitz not a German word for lightning?

Yes, it's German for "flash, lightning bolt".
English uses appear all derived from "Blitzkrieg".

--
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber na...@mips.inka.de

[Peter Duncanson (BrE)]

Yes. The word was also used of Luftwaffe assaults on other cities.

As this says:
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/blitz_and_world_war_two.htm

The Blitz is the title given to the German bombing campaign on
British cities during World War Two. However, the term ‘Blitz’ is
more commonly used for the bombing campaign against London. After
the failure of the Battle of Britain, the Germans attempted to bomb
London into submission – a tactic used again with the V weapons
campaign in 1944-45.

The blitzes on other cities were varied in duration. Some were on one or
a few nights; others were more prolonged.

Clydebank (Scotland):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clydebank_Blitz

Liverpool:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_Blitz

Coventry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Blitz

Belfast:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belfast_Blitz

Birmingham:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_Blitz

Nottingham:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottingham_Blitz

Swansea:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swansea_Blitz

Cardiff:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_Blitz

[Nancy Young]

On 10/11/2012 7:19 AM, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> Nancy Young <rjynly...@vverizon.net> wrote:
>
>> I never heard the term blitz used to mean pulse in the blender.
>> However, am I mistaken or is blitz not a German word for lightning?
>
> Yes, it's German for "flash, lightning bolt".
> English uses appear all derived from "Blitzkrieg".

I should have checked with my bruder, who has moved to Switzerland
and excelling in his German studies. heh.

I'm more familiar with the blitz in the (Am) football sense.

nancy

[CDB]

Father left the top off the blender and now he's waring his dacquiri.

[the Omrud]

On 11/10/2012 13:58, Peter Duncanson (BrE) wrote:

> The blitzes on other cities were varied in duration. Some were on one or
> a few nights; others were more prolonged.
>
> Clydebank (Scotland):
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clydebank_Blitz
>
> Liverpool:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_Blitz
>
> Coventry:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Blitz

My parents watched the Coventry Blitz from the relative safety of about
five miles distance. My great uncle found that he could not get back
into the city with his double decker full of passengers, so he turned
around and took them out to spend the night in the countryside.

--
David

[Nunya Bidnits]

Whiz.

[pavane]

>"Nasti J" <njgi...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:ae88e5c9-ac38-4af1...@ql4g2000pbc.googlegroups.com...

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/army?s=t

ar·my
1.
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries
the air force.
2.
(in large military land forces) a unit consisting typically of two or more
corps and a headquarters.
3.
a large body of persons trained and armed for war.
4.
any body of persons organized for any purpose: an army of census takers.
5.
a very large number or group of something; a great multitude; a host: the
army of the unemployed.

pavane

[spamtrap1888]

On Oct 10, 10:48 pm, Steve Hayes <hayes...@telkomsa.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:04:53 -0400, tony cooper <tony.cooper...@gmail.com>

> wrote:
>
> >I associate "blitz" with WWII, but have no idea when the word was
> >coined.
>
> I think it was coined by the German military, who used "blitzkrieg" to
> describe their swift attacks on Poland, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, the
> Netherlands and France. The were helped in these by the "sitzkrieg" engaged in
> by the French, who, after declaring war, sat on their bums and twiddled their
> thumbs.

The Germans took just about 30 days to conquer France in World War II..

[spamtrap1888]

On Oct 10, 11:37 pm, R H Draney <dadoc...@spamcop.net> wrote:
> Guy Barry filted:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

> >"janice"  wrote in messagenews:XnsA0E8F29C...@204.153.245.20...

My classic blender has one toggle switch with two positions: Blend and
"Blitz" :)

[pavane]

"tony cooper" <tony.co...@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:svic78d95nbd4oc5q...@4ax.com...
............................
> The Marines aren't the only military who have
> brass to polish.
.............................
> --
> Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

Agreed, but we Marines were held to
excruciatingly high standards.

pavane - Sanford, Florida btw.

[George M. Middius]

janice wrote:

> I am in the UK and nowadays see many TV chefs and newspaper writers use the
> term "to blitz" to mean to use a blender for a short period of time.
>
> What's wrong with "use the blender" or even "blend" instead of "blitz"?
>
> Presumably the verb "to blitz" has come from American English but why is it
> so widespread when all it doesis replace a perfectly good existing word?

Damn whippersnappers! Leave well enough alone, why dontcha!

[tony cooper]

On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:07:05 -0230, Cheryl <cper...@mun.ca> wrote:

>I've heard blitz in that sense, but never in reference to blenders.

Nor have I, but I can't recall any conversation I've been involved in
on the subject of blenders or their use.

[Frederick Williams]

Dr Nick wrote:

>
> Well quite. Why on earth should "blitz" be from American?

Because it abbreviates the German 'blitzkrieg' and there are many
Americans of German origin?

--
Where are the songs of Summer?--With the sun,
Oping the dusky eyelids of the south,
Till shade and silence waken up as one,
And morning sings with a warm odorous mouth.

[James Hogg]

Frederick Williams wrote:
> Dr Nick wrote:
>
>> Well quite. Why on earth should "blitz" be from American?
>
> Because it abbreviates the German 'blitzkrieg' and there are many
> Americans of German origin?

So when Hitler launched his Blitzkrieg against Britain, the Britons
naturally borrowed a (previously unrecorded) word from American English
to describe it?

--
James

[George M. Middius]

James Hogg wrote:

> So when Hitler launched his Blitzkrieg against Britain, the Britons
> naturally borrowed a (previously unrecorded) word from American English
> to describe it?

Considering that Blitzkrieg entailed the use of armor and mounted
artillery, you must be living in a dimension where Britiain is part of
the European land mass instead of being separated by the sea.

[James Hogg]

I can't argue against logic like that.

--
James

[S Viemeister]

Have you not heard of the London Blitz?

[R H Draney]

James Hogg filted:

There are certainly no Britons of German origin...apart from the royal family,
that is....r

[Peter Duncanson (BrE)]

The earliest examples of the use of "Blitzkrieg" quoted in the OED are:

1939 War Illustr. 7 Oct. 108/1 In the opening stage of the war
all eyes were turned on Poland, where the German military machine
was engaged in Blitz-Krieg—lightning war—with a view to ending as
soon as possible.

1939 War Illustr. 9 Dec. 386/3 Everything was ready for the
opening of the ‘Blitzkrieg’ on the West.

The War Illustrated was a British magazine:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_Illustrated

The OED's earliest quotes using "blitz" are from a British newspaper:

1940 Daily Express 9 Sept. 1 Blitz bombing of London goes on all
night.
1940 Daily Express 10 Sept. 1/1 In his three-day blitz on London
Goering has now lost 140 planes.

It seems very likely that that was a British adoption of a German word
which was already known from reporting of German attacks in Europe.

[R H Draney]

CDB filted:

That's a good way to get yourself osterized....

(I've got a blender around here somewhere...I'd have to find it to confirm the
brand name, but I suspect I'm going to have to start "blackanddecking" my
smoothies)....r

[Dave Smith]

On 11/10/2012 7:05 PM, R H Draney wrote:

>> So when Hitler launched his Blitzkrieg against Britain, the Britons
>> naturally borrowed a (previously unrecorded) word from American English
>> to describe it?
>
> There are certainly no Britons of German origin...apart from the royal family,
> that is....r
>
>

Sure there are....Anglo Saxons. The English language is a mixture of
French and German.

[Nasti J]

On Oct 11, 12:45 pm, Frederick Williams

<freddywilli...@btinternet.com> wrote:

> Because it abbreviates the German 'blitzkrieg' and there are many
> Americans of German origin?

There are also many Britons of German origin - the Royal family
springs to mind.

[Nasti J]

On Oct 11, 8:05 am, "pavane" <pav...@leisure.org> wrote:
> >"Nasti J" <njgill...@gmail.com> wrote in message

> >news:ae88e5c9-ac38-4af1...@ql4g2000pbc.googlegroups.com...
> >>On Oct 10, 8:02 pm, "pavane"
> > >He was in the Army, recently retired. Now shut up.
> >You should have shut up before you misidentified his branch of the
> >service!
>
> http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/army?s=t
>
>     ar my
> 1.
> the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries
> the air force.

The Coast Guard began as part of the US Navy so it does not meet your
definition. As a separate branch, it is part of the the US armed
services, but not part of either the army or the Army. I doubt that
the gentleman in question would agree to his being classified as
having served in either.

[pavane]

"Nasti J" <njgi...@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:b2d30254-3f78-4aa7...@6g2000pbh.googlegroups.com...

It did *not* begin as part of the US Navy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard

" The history of the United States Coast Guard goes back to the
Revenue Cutter Service, which was founded on 4 August 1790 as part
of the Department of the Treasury. The Revenue Cutter Service and
the United States Life-Saving Service were merged to become the
Coast Guard per 14 U.S.C. § 1 which states: "The Coast Guard as
established January 28, 1915, shall be a military service and a
branch of the armed forces of the United States at all times." "

Are you always this nasty, dumb and agressively ill-informed?

pavane

[Robert Bannister]

It took nine months in 1871, so they had a record to beat.

--
Robert Bannister

[Robert Bannister]

On 12/10/12 12:10 AM, tony cooper wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:07:05 -0230, Cheryl <cper...@mun.ca> wrote:
>
>> I've heard blitz in that sense, but never in reference to blenders.
>
> Nor have I, but I can't recall any conversation I've been involved in
> on the subject of blenders or their use.
>

Well said. I confess to owning a blender, but it is safely shut away in
a cupboard whose door I dare not open for fear lest everything fall out.

--
Robert Bannister

[Robert Bannister]

On 11/10/12 2:53 PM, ProfIJM wrote:
> On 11/10/12 07:37, R H Draney wrote:

>
> Perhaps "blitz" is the new "eleven".

>
>> "Blitz" suggests the use of a reindeer....r
>

> Other settings: "dash", "dance" and "prance"...?


Ouch. That one nearly made me spill my coffee.
--
Robert Bannister

[Robert Bannister]

On 11/10/12 2:37 PM, Dr Nick wrote:

> "Guy Barry" <guy....@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
>
>> "janice" wrote in message
>> news:XnsA0E8F29C...@204.153.245.20...
>>

>>> I am in the UK and nowadays see many TV chefs and newspaper writers
>>> use the term "to blitz" to mean to use a blender for a short period
>>> of time.
>>
>>> What's wrong with "use the blender" or even "blend" instead of
>>> "blitz"?
>>
>>> Presumably the verb "to blitz" has come from American English but
>>> why is it so widespread when all it doesis replace a perfectly good
>>> existing word?
>>

>> I always took it as a humorous usage, like "nuke" for putting
>> something in a microwave. But is there another single verb that means
>> "to put in a blender"? "Blend" doesn't necessarily suggest the use of
>> a blender to me.
>

> "Wizz" or "Whizz". You can get plenty of hits showing it if you search
> for >wizz for nn seconds< (or with whizz, and where nn is a small round
> number like 5 or 10 or 30)
>

I don't my you taking a whizz, but not in my blender, thank you very much.

--
Robert Bannister

[spamtrap1888]

Or the Ballroom Blitz?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzpWJx3I2DY

[Guy Barry]

"Dave Smith" wrote in message news:MMKds.40934$J36....@fed10.iad...

> The English language is a mixture of French and German.

Well, it's a descendant of an old Germanic language (Anglo-Saxon) plus some
vocabulary originally from Old Norse, Norman French, Latin and Greek, plus
numerous loan-words from languages all over the world.

You could say that the various parts have been "blitzed".

--
Guy Barry

[Nasti J]

On Oct 11, 8:48 pm, "pavane" <pav...@leisure.org> wrote:

> Are you always this nasty, dumb and agressively ill-informed?

oooh, that hurt...

[R H Draney]

Nasti J filted:

>
>On Oct 11, 8:48=A0pm, "pavane" <pav...@leisure.org> wrote:
>
>> Are you always this nasty, dumb and agressively ill-informed?
>
>oooh, that hurt...

Yeah!...you'd think your reputation were well-enough established to make the
question unnecessary....r

[Peter Duncanson (BrE)]

On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:14:09 -0700 (PDT), Nasti J <njgi...@gmail.com>
wrote:

There was considerable contact between people in Britain and those in
Germany and other continental countries. This was partly for trade and
partly for cultural purposes.

There was, for instance, the "Grand Tour":

grand tour, n.

Etymology: Originally French = ‘great circuit’; but now apprehended
as an English phrase.

a. A tour of the principal cities and places of interest in Europe,
formerly supposed to be an essential part of the education of
young men of good birth or fortune. Chiefly in phr. to make the
grand tour.

[1670 ...]
1748 ...
1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 56/2 In 1714 he [Chesterfield] left the
University to make the usual grand tour of Europe.
1869 J. E. T. Rogers in A. Smith Inq. Wealth Nations (new ed.) I.
Pref. 12 Young men of fortune and fashion made what was called
the ‘grand tour’ under the guidance of a tutor.

[Steve Hayes]

On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:45:09 +0100, Frederick Williams
<freddyw...@btinternet.com> wrote:

>Dr Nick wrote:
>
>>
>> Well quite. Why on earth should "blitz" be from American?
>
>Because it abbreviates the German 'blitzkrieg' and there are many
>Americans of German origin?

What about all the Brits who lived through the Blitz?


--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

[Steve Hayes]

On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:08:59 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
<spamtr...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Oct 10, 10:48�pm, Steve Hayes <hayes...@telkomsa.net> wrote:
>> On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:04:53 -0400, tony cooper <tony.cooper...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >I associate "blitz" with WWII, but have no idea when the word was
>> >coined.
>>
>> I think it was coined by the German military, who used "blitzkrieg" to
>> describe their swift attacks on Poland, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, the
>> Netherlands and France. The were helped in these by the "sitzkrieg" engaged in
>> by the French, who, after declaring war, sat on their bums and twiddled their
>> thumbs.
>
>The Germans took just about 30 days to conquer France in World War II..

So you think that was too long to be described as a "Blitzkrieg"?

How long would you suggest?

[Steve Hayes]

On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:19:28 +0000 (UTC), na...@mips.inka.de (Christian
Weisgerber) wrote:

>Nancy Young <rjynly...@vverizon.net> wrote:
>
>> I never heard the term blitz used to mean pulse in the blender.
>> However, am I mistaken or is blitz not a German word for lightning?
>
>Yes, it's German for "flash, lightning bolt".
>English uses appear all derived from "Blitzkrieg".

So could its use when applied to a blender imply that one applies the blender
quickly and then withdraws it, rather like a lightning flash -- a quick in and
out, rather than a continuous stirring up?

Since I don't watch cooking shows on TV, I've not seen it in the wild, and I'm
simply guessing here.

[Nancy Young]

On 10/12/2012 7:58 AM, Steve Hayes wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:19:28 +0000 (UTC), na...@mips.inka.de (Christian
> Weisgerber) wrote:
>
>> Nancy Young <rjynly...@vverizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I never heard the term blitz used to mean pulse in the blender.
>>> However, am I mistaken or is blitz not a German word for lightning?
>>
>> Yes, it's German for "flash, lightning bolt".
>> English uses appear all derived from "Blitzkrieg".
>
> So could its use when applied to a blender imply that one applies the blender
> quickly and then withdraws it, rather like a lightning flash -- a quick in and
> out, rather than a continuous stirring up?

That's why I thought it was a descriptive use of the word. I never
heard anyone say Blitz it in the blender, but I understood right
away what it meant.

nancy

[George M. Middius]

S Viemeister wrote:

> >> So when Hitler launched his Blitzkrieg against Britain, the Britons
> >> naturally borrowed a (previously unrecorded) word from American English
> >> to describe it?
> >
> > Considering that Blitzkrieg entailed the use of armor and mounted
> > artillery, you must be living in a dimension where Britiain is part of
> > the European land mass instead of being separated by the sea.
> >
> Have you not heard of the London Blitz?

Nope. Over here we call it the Battle of Britain.

[Dave Smith]

Only if you are not well informed. The Battle of Britain was a specific
set of encounters from July to Sept. 1940 where the Luftwaffe attacked
British air bases and radar installations in order to destroy the RAF
and to give them air superiority in order to facilitate their planned
invasion of the UK. The Blitz was the bombing of English cities that
went on until May 1941.

[Peter Duncanson (BrE)]

Historians sometimes classify the Blitz as a phase in the Battle of
Britain. However, many British people would use "Battle of Britain" and
"Blitz" for two separate phases in the air war.

What we think of as the Battle of Britain was an attempt by the German
forces to destroy the Royal Air Force. The attacks by the Luftwaffe were
specifically on military targets: aircraft factories, radar stations and
fighter aitfileds. The intention was to destroy the British ability to
put warplanes in the air prior to the planned invasion of Britain. The
Germans lost that Battle in so far as they did not acquire the freedom
of the skies. They were still able to fly over Britain but not
unopposed.

The Battle of Britain, the attempt to destroy the RAF, ceased when the
Bliz started. German aircraft had accidentally bombed civilian areas of
London. The British responded by bombing Berlin. That resulted in both
sides adopting a policy of bombing cities.

The bombing of British cities is what is known as The Blitz.

The difference was that the Battle of Britain involved attacks on only
military targets in Britain whereas the Blitz involved attacks on
civilian as well as military targets in Britain.

Those were very different from the point of view of the ordinary person.


http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWbritainB.htm

[Peter Duncanson (BrE)]

On Fri, 12 Oct 2012 17:07:20 +0100, "Peter Duncanson (BrE)"
<ma...@peterduncanson.net> wrote:

>Bliz
Blitz

[spamtrap1888]

On Oct 12, 4:47 am, Steve Hayes <hayes...@telkomsa.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:08:59 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
>

> <spamtrap1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On Oct 10, 10:48 pm, Steve Hayes <hayes...@telkomsa.net> wrote:
> >> On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:04:53 -0400, tony cooper <tony.cooper...@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
>
> >> >I associate "blitz" with WWII, but have no idea when the word was
> >> >coined.
>
> >> I think it was coined by the German military, who used "blitzkrieg" to
> >> describe their swift attacks on Poland, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, the
> >> Netherlands and France. The were helped in these by the "sitzkrieg" engaged in
> >> by the French, who, after declaring war, sat on their bums and twiddled their
> >> thumbs.
>
> >The Germans took just about 30 days to conquer France in World War II..
>
> So you think that was too long to be described as a "Blitzkrieg"?
>
> How long would you suggest?
>

Sorry, I forgot that every response on the Internet is assumed to be a
contradiction unless identified otherwise. My remark was meant to
provide additional specific information in support of the "swift
attack" assertion.

[Mike L]

On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 01:06:57 -0400, tony cooper
<tony.co...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:56:35 -0700, "Julie Bove"
><juli...@frontier.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>"tony cooper" <tony.co...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:svic78d95nbd4oc5q...@4ax.com...
>>> On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:41:25 -0700 (PDT), Nasti J
>>> <njgi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Oct 10, 7:33 pm, "pavane" <pav...@leisure.org> wrote:
>>>>> "Julie Bove" <julieb...@frontier.com> wrote in message
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> > I'm in the US and I've never heard it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ask your husband. Every US Marine has used Blitz Cloth
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>A) I'm pretty sure she's heard the word blitz, just not used as
>>>>decribed un the original post.
>>>>B) You don't whether she even HAS a husband, and even if she does, the
>>>>odds of him having been a Marine aree really low.
>>>
>>> I mentioned having Blitz polishing products in the house in an earlier
>>> post. I've used it for years, but don't remember when I first
>>> purchased their product or knew about it. I could very well have been
>>> when I was in the Army. The Marines aren't the only military who have
>>> brass to polish.
>>
>>My husband used a very flammable brass polish but I don't remember the name.
>>Came in a can and it had wadding cloth in it. Let me see if I can find it
>>by a search. Yep. NEVR-DULL.
>>
>
>I have that product, too. It is not a polish like Blitz that applied,
>allowed to dry, and buffed off. The NEVR-DULL "wadding" is
>impregnated with some chemical. The wadding is rubbed on the object
>and used until it turns very black. We polish silver with it.

Sounds exactly like British Duraglit, which comes in different
versions for silver and brass.

--
Mike.

[Robert Bannister]

On 12/10/12 5:43 PM, Peter Duncanson (BrE) wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:14:09 -0700 (PDT), Nasti J <njgi...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Oct 11, 12:45 pm, Frederick Williams
>> <freddywilli...@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Because it abbreviates the German 'blitzkrieg' and there are many
>>> Americans of German origin?
>>
>> There are also many Britons of German origin - the Royal family
>> springs to mind.
>
> There was considerable contact between people in Britain and those in
> Germany and other continental countries. This was partly for trade and
> partly for cultural purposes.
>
> There was, for instance, the "Grand Tour":
>
> grand tour, n.
>
> Etymology: Originally French = ‘great circuit’; but now apprehended
> as an English phrase.
>
> a. A tour of the principal cities and places of interest in Europe,
> formerly supposed to be an essential part of the education of
> young men of good birth or fortune. Chiefly in phr. to make the
> grand tour.

Sometimes, I think, they went further afield. I know I was forced to
read some book at school about someone's travels in Smyrna and I know
others visited Eastern Europe or Russia. Of course, the spoilt, smart
set would have restricted themselves to Paris, Baden-Baden and Florence,
but I am often surprised at how far our forebears did travel, often on
foot, with just one animal to carry the luggage. They, including the
women, were a lot more intrepid than we sometimes give them credit for.


--
Robert Bannister

[Robert Bannister]

All the same, context provides the main clue. If someone had said "Zhuzh
it up in the blender" or even "Splork it", I suspect most of us would
have understood.


--
Robert Bannister

[Pico Rico]

"Robert Bannister" <rob...@clubtelco.com> wrote in message
news:adrrb0...@mid.individual.net...

I think maybe the new, chic term should be to "Bannister it". Good as
anything else, eh?

[pavane]

"Pico Rico" <Pico...@nonospam.com> wrote in message
news:k5adon$uop$1...@news.mixmin.net...

As in to run it around a mile in the blender in under four
minutes? An excellent memorial to Sir Roger.

pavane

[Steve Hayes]

On Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:07:43 -0400, George M. Middius <glan...@gmail.com>
wrote:

Over where?

The "Blitz" (in London and other UK cities) was the terrorist bombing by the
German air force, partly _because_ their Blitzkrieg had failed. The Battle of
Britain was the air battle that had caused the Blitzkrieg to fail.

[R H Draney]

pavane filted:

>
>
>"Pico Rico" <Pico...@nonospam.com> wrote in message
>news:k5adon$uop$1...@news.mixmin.net...
>>

>> I think maybe the new, chic term should be to "Bannister it". Good as
>> anything else, eh?
>
>As in to run it around a mile in the blender in under four
>minutes? An excellent memorial to Sir Roger.

I'm afraid that without explanation, someone instructed to "Bannister" a recipe
might just throw it down the stairs....r

[Daniel James]

In article <q2eg781os6fv7l0ml...@4ax.com>, Peter Duncanson

(BrE) wrote:
> The difference was that the Battle of Britain involved attacks on only
> military targets in Britain whereas the Blitz involved attacks on
> civilian as well as military targets in Britain.

I largely agree with what you've written, Peter, and I think that you
have correctly stated how those terms are used by those who wish to
attach precise meanings to popular names for phases of the War ... but I
think that in the minds of many the word "Blitz" is associated with all
German bombing of ground targets (mainly civilian, but also military
ones by extension) while "Battle of Britain" is associated with aerial
combat over Britain at all/any stage of the War.

That is: "Blitz" describes German aggression and is a Bad Thing, while
"Battle of Britain" describes our plucky lads giving Johnny Foreigner a
bloody nose and so is a Good Thing. The distinction between Good Thing
and Bad Thing in people's minds has a marvellous ability to make labels
stick!

One might also argue that "the Battle of Britain", as Churchill intended
those words to be understood in his "This was their Finest Hour" speech,
encompassed all the home front war effort between the evacuation of
Dunkirk and the date when Operation Sealion was postponed indefinitely
in late 1940 ... or maybe even until the Normandy landings in 1944.

Cheers,
Daniel
(Who hadn't yet been born)

[Daniel James]

In article <bogus-CFD484....@four.schnuerpel.eu>, Jack
Campin wrote:
> I think "nuke" (in the microwave) is American, though.

"Nuke" is far from unknown here in the UK, but my own preference is for
"radar".

RADAR (in the Direction And Rangefinding sense) being another
application of microwave technology (yeah, the "RA..." bit is supposed
to stand for "RAdio", but microwaves are really just very high
frequency radio waves).

"This coffee's gone cold ... I'll stick it in the radar ..."

Cheers,
Daniel.

[Daniel James]

In article <XnsA0E8F29C...@204.153.245.20>, Janice wrote:
> I am in the UK and nowadays see many TV chefs and newspaper writers
> use the term "to blitz" to mean to use a blender for a short period
> of time.

Probably entirely unrelated, but:

My late mother used to have a food-chopping appliance whose (German)
packaging proclaimed it to be a "Blitz-Hacker" -- I suppose "lightning
chopper" would be an apt translation.

This was a cylindrical plastic housing containing a zig-zag steel blade
attached to a spring-loaded plunger. The food was to be placed within
the plastic cylinder on a chopping board and the blades could then
easily be brought down upon it repeatedly by thumping the plunger down
and allowing the spring to push it up again.

However, I suspect that the use of "Blitz" by TV chefs comes is derived
from the wartime use of "Blitz" describe the wartime bombing of
(especially) London, and has the general meaning of "do violence to".

Cheers,
Daniel.

[Peter Duncanson (BrE)]

http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/backgroundtothebattleofbritain.cfmOn

This brief RAF history of the Battle of Britain lists four phases, one
of which is the Blitz. From their point of view the BofB was the defence
of Britain from attack by enemy aircraft[1] and thereby making a
sea-borne invasion unfeasible:
http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/backgroundtothebattleofbritain.cfm

Phase 1 - The Battle Begins

....
Starting on 10 July 1940, the Luftwaffe attacked shipping convoys in
the Channel and Channel Ports.
....
In this stage of the battle, the Luftwaffe was in effect probing the
British defences - looking for weaknesses before a major assault
could be launched to exploit them.

Phase 2-Pressure grows

At the beginning of August, with German invasion forces and troop
barges being assembled on the French coast, the raids against the
South coast of England were increased in size and number.

Believing that the British early warning system had been destroyed
and the coastal towns sufficiently 'softened up' for an invasion,
the Luftwaffe began the next stage of their plan.

On 13 August (called Adlertag or Eagle Day by the German High
Command), massive raids began on the airfields of 11 Group. The aim
was to destroy the RAF, either in the air or on the ground, in South
East England. To put pressure on the British defences, the Germans
sent high and low level raids to different targets at the same time.
....
However, just when it seemed that the country and 11 Group in
particular couldn't continue for another day, the Germans changed
their tactics.

Phase 3 - The Blitz

....
By attacking cities and industry, the Germans hoped to break British
morale and to destroy the factories that built fighter aircraft.
They also hoped that RAF fighters would gather in force round the
cities to protect them, which would make it easier for the Luftwaffe
to shoot them down in the numbers required to establish air
superiority.

The change of plan was a mistake for a number of reasons. It gave 11
Group a chance to repair their airfields and radar sites, so the
defences became fully operational again. The German Me 109 fighter
could only carry enough fuel for 20 minutes flight over Britain, so
London was on the edge of its limited range.
....
For the people living in the cities, the Blitz had begun, as night
raids followed daytime raids and gave the civilians little rest.
Everybody was in the front line, and there was little the RAF could
do to stop the night raids. Airborne radar was in its infancy, but
there were some successes for the Blenheim, Defiant and early
Beaufighter night-fighter Squadrons. Some of the Hurricane and
Spitfire day-fighter Squadrons also took part in the night defences,
but relied largely on luck to make an interception.

Phase 4 - The End of the Battle

As the long, hot summer ran into October, the German daylight bomber
losses became too heavy. Their bomber force started to operate only
at night, and the damage they caused to Britain's cities was
enormous. Many civilian organisations were set up to help deal with
the wounded people and damaged buildings.

The German raids continued, but the RAF had started to develop night
fighters equipped with radar which could tackle the problem.
....
The Germans then realised that the RAF could not be defeated in
1940. Germany was also preparing to attack Russia, so Operation
Sea-Lion [the invasion of Britain] was cancelled indefinitely and
eventually abandoned altogether. The Battle of Britain was over.
Strangely, for such a ground breaking Battle, the first to be
decided purely in the air and the first real test of air power as a
defensive and offensive weapon, it did not really end, so much as
petered out.

[1] The V-1 cruise missiles ("flying bombs" or "doodlebugs") and the V-2
ballistic missiles were not used by the Germans until 1944.

[Mike L]

Good King C[a]nut[e] went to the Emperor's coronation bash. Further
back, they've found somebody from Central Europe buried near
Stonhenge. There was plenty of trade and travel in the stone age.

--
Mike.

[Mike L]

On Sat, 13 Oct 2012 14:34:02 +0100, Daniel James <dan...@me.invalid>
wrote:

Well, there you are. "Home front". What's known as The B of B was
defensive: it didn't touch the invaders at home. There's no
subjectivity in considering its success a Good Thing.

--
Mike.

[R H Draney]

Daniel James filted:

Recall that the first widely-known model of microwave oven for home use was the
"Amana Radarange" (inspiring a visual gag in the movie "Airplane!")...

Do people anywhere still refer to a dish antenna as a "satellite" ("just drove
past Smith's place; he's got a goddam satellite in his back yard!")?...r

[Bill McCray]

"Satellite dish" was what I remember always hearing. I heard that our
Legislature want to make it our state flower.

Bill in Kentucky

[Robert Bannister]

I have always understood that the major reason it came to an end was the
withdrawal of resources for the Russian front. My memory tells me
Goering was pretty annoyed about it.


--
Robert Bannister

[Robert Bannister]

Too much of a mouthful. When it comes to signing papers, I start hating
the name an wish I had been born an "Ng" or "O".

--
Robert Bannister