What would you call...
IMANOL
I collect the little paper/cardboard squares at the end of the string of tea
bags. What do you call them?
tea bag LABELS ? tea bag TAGS ? tea bag ... ?
I know it is a silly question, but those are the little things native
speakers take for granted and foreigners don't really know how to look up in
a dictionary.
Thanks,
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Ross Howard
On Fri, 29 May 1998 22:24:41 +0200, "IMANOL" <bilb...@jet.es> wrote:
>I collect the little paper/cardboard squares at the end of the string of tea
>bags. What do you call them?
>tea bag LABELS ? tea bag TAGS ? tea bag ... ?
>I know it is a silly question, but those are the little things native
>speakers take for granted and foreigners don't really know how to look up in
>a dictionary.
I doubt they're called anything particular, because the only place
I've ever seen them as standard tea-bag attachments is here in Spain.
In Britain, tea bags are twice as big as those pathetic Horniman's
efforts that we get here, and generally have no string or tag --
people just scoop them out of the mug with a teaspoon. A filthy habit,
I know, but, hey, it's our culture.
ObAUE: I propose the comma between "here" and "and" in the second
sentence above to shut up those people in big thread running currently
who claim that all commas before "and" are optional.
Ross Howard
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Thus Spake rho...@mx7.redestb.es (Ross Howard):
> On Fri, 29 May 1998 22:24:41 +0200, "IMANOL" <bilb...@jet.es> wrote:
>
> >I collect the little paper/cardboard squares at the end of the string of tea
> >bags. What do you call them?
> >tea bag LABELS ? tea bag TAGS ? tea bag ... ?
> >I know it is a silly question, but those are the little things native
> >speakers take for granted and foreigners don't really know how to look up in
> >a dictionary.
>
> I doubt they're called anything particular, because the only place
> I've ever seen them as standard tea-bag attachments is here in Spain.
> In Britain, tea bags are twice as big as those pathetic Horniman's
> efforts that we get here, and generally have no string or tag --
> people just scoop them out of the mug with a teaspoon. A filthy habit,
> I know, but, hey, it's our culture.
You animal! Haven't you ever heard of a teapot?
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H Gilmer
Ross Howard (rho...@mx7.redestb.es) wrote:
: On Fri, 29 May 1998 22:24:41 +0200, "IMANOL" <bilb...@jet.es> wrote:
: >I collect the little paper/cardboard squares at the end of the string of tea
: >bags. What do you call them?
: I doubt they're called anything particular, because the only place
: I've ever seen them as standard tea-bag attachments is here in Spain.
They're also in the U.S. and Israel.
I have less than no idea what to call them. I suppose one could call
a teabag manufacturer and ask.
Hg
Raymot
In article <6knug8$erk$2...@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>, gil...@uts.cc.utexas.edu
says...
>
>Ross Howard (rho...@mx7.redestb.es) wrote:
>: On Fri, 29 May 1998 22:24:41 +0200, "IMANOL" <bilb...@jet.es> wrote:
>
>: >I collect the little paper/cardboard squares at the end of the string of
tea
>: >bags. What do you call them?
I'd call it a tab.
I wasn't aware they made teabag strings without them.
Anyhow, if you're a serious collector, you should be
able to call them anything you like, within reason.
You might even think of a unique name for the hobby.
Ciao,
Raymot
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Mike Barnes
In alt.usage.english, IMANOL <bilb...@jet.es> spake thuswise:
>I collect the little paper/cardboard squares at the end of the string of tea
>bags. What do you call them?
When their presence is indicated on the box, they're usually called
"tags" in my experience.
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Markus Laker
rho...@mx7.redestb.es (Ross Howard) wrote:
[Tags on tea bags]
> I doubt they're called anything particular, because the only place
> I've ever seen them as standard tea-bag attachments is here in Spain.
They come as standard equipment on more up-market tea bags (oxymoron
alert) in England.
> In Britain, tea bags are twice as big as those pathetic Horniman's
> efforts that we get here,
and much bigger than the French tea bag I was given the other day. It
was the size of a large clove of garlic and so densely packed that there
was no room for the tea to circulate.
> and generally have no string or tag --
> people just scoop them out of the mug with a teaspoon. A filthy habit,
> I know, but, hey, it's our culture.
As long as the spoon's clean, I don't see a problem.
> ObAUE: I propose the comma between "here" and "and" in the second
> sentence above to shut up those people in big thread running currently
> who claim that all commas before "and" are optional.
Agreed. I don't think anyone here took that assertion seriously in any
case.
Markus
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Markus Laker <lakerSki...@tcp.co.uk> wrote:
> [Tags on tea bags]
> They come as standard equipment on more up-market tea bags (oxymoron
> alert) in England.
What is oxymoronic about "in England"?
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John Nurick
>Markus Laker <lakerSki...@tcp.co.uk> wrote:
>> [Tags on tea bags]
>> They come as standard equipment on more up-market tea bags (oxymoron
>> alert) in England.
>What is oxymoronic about "in England"?
Markus seems to be experimenting with reverse Polish alerts.
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Markus Laker
ik0...@kingston.net (David McMurray) wrote:
> Markus Laker <lakerSki...@tcp.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > [Tags on tea bags]
>
> > They come as standard equipment on more up-market tea bags (oxymoron
> > alert) in England.
>
> What is oxymoronic about "in England"?
Ah, you got me bang to rights[1], guv. I could argue that I was
alerting you to the presence of an oxymoron in something you'd already
read, but I'll come quietly.
Markus
[1] ObAUE: also written 'banged to rights', this means 'caught
red-handed'. But why?
JNugent231
>From: lakerSki...@tcp.co.uk (Markus Laker)
>[1] ObAUE: also written 'banged to rights', this means 'caught
>red-handed'. But why?
Surely that's "bang to rights" guv? And no, I don't know why.
BTW, why is an Eastender's home his "drum"?
Markus Laker
jnuge...@aol.com (JNugent231) wrote:
> >From: lakerSki...@tcp.co.uk (Markus Laker)
>
> >[1] ObAUE: also written 'banged to rights', this means 'caught
> >red-handed'. But why?
>
> Surely that's "bang to rights" guv?
It's shown both ways in the OED.
> BTW, why is an Eastender's home his "drum"?
Sounds like rhyming slang. What goes with a drum and rhymes with [&:s]
or [Vum]?
Markus
a1a5...@bc.sympatico.ca
>jnuge...@aol.com (JNugent231) wrote:
>> >From: lakerSki...@tcp.co.uk (Markus Laker)
>>
>> BTW, why is an Eastender's home his "drum"?
>
>Sounds like rhyming slang. What goes with a drum and rhymes with [&:s]
>or [Vum]?
>
I thought 'drum' was 'wife' from 'drum & fife', like 'dutch' =
Duchess of Fife=wife. Still, a home often has a wife and there
may be a transference. A house is a mickey mouse and a home is
the Pope of Rome.
It is of course possible that the _Eastender_ writers have never
set foot in Stepney, and are in fact God forbids from Manchester.
Frances Kemmish
a1a5...@bc.sympatico.ca wrote:
>
> On Sun, 31 May 1998 11:36:53 GMT, lakerSki...@tcp.co.uk
> (Markus Laker) wrote:
>
> >jnuge...@aol.com (JNugent231) wrote:
> >> >From: lakerSki...@tcp.co.uk (Markus Laker)
> >>
> >> BTW, why is an Eastender's home his "drum"?
> >
> >Sounds like rhyming slang. What goes with a drum and rhymes with [&:s]
> >or [Vum]?
> >
> I thought 'drum' was 'wife' from 'drum & fife', like 'dutch' =
> Duchess of Fife=wife. Still, a home often has a wife and there
> may be a transference. A house is a mickey mouse and a home is
> the Pope of Rome.
>
My guess was that it was 'drumkit', meaning 'bedsit'.
Fran
IMANOL
pdraper
Markus Laker wrote in message <35853feb...@news.tcp.co.uk>...
>
>> BTW, why is an Eastender's home his "drum"?
>
>Sounds like rhyming slang. What goes with a drum and rhymes with [&:s]
>or [Vum]?
>
>Markus
>
I understand that the word comes from Romany. I can't remember if Borrow
used it in 'Lavengro' or not.
Paul Draper
pdr...@baig.co.uk
0171 369 2754
Brian J Goggin
>You animal! Haven't you ever heard of a teapot?
He must be a Marxist.
Why do Marxists use teabags?
bjg
C. J. Gull
On Sun, 31 May 1998 15:28:35 GMT, a1a5...@bc.sympatico.ca thus wrote:
>On Sun, 31 May 1998 11:36:53 GMT, lakerSki...@tcp.co.uk
>(Markus Laker) wrote:
>
>>jnuge...@aol.com (JNugent231) wrote:
>>> >From: lakerSki...@tcp.co.uk (Markus Laker)
>>>
>>> BTW, why is an Eastender's home his "drum"?
>>
>>Sounds like rhyming slang. What goes with a drum and rhymes with [&:s]
>>or [Vum]?
>>
>I thought 'drum' was 'wife' from 'drum & fife', like 'dutch' =
>Duchess of Fife=wife. Still, a home often has a wife and there
>may be a transference. A house is a mickey mouse and a home is
>the Pope of Rome.
>
>It is of course possible that the _Eastender_ writers have never
>set foot in Stepney, and are in fact God forbids from Manchester.
My old man (Dad) was born to the sound of bowbells (or something like
that) which meant that he was a true "Cockney". He would talk about
his "trouble", coming from "trouble & strife" meaning wife.
I find Arthur's version of "'er indoors!" as rather neat.
E even sang abah't it, ya natta min?
Chris J. Gull
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> bags. What do you call them?
> tea bag LABELS ? tea bag TAGS ? tea bag ... ?
> speakers take for granted and foreigners don't really know how to look up in
> a dictionary.
>
> --
Hello,
are you still collecting them? Can we exchange? Here, in Poland, we say "tea tails", commonly in English - tags.
> IMANOL
> bilb...@jet.es
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