Mignon FogartyMar 6

Some people call these the same thing, and other people have different names for them ā€” and it can depend on where you live!

That's just one of the cool things you'll learn this week from my chat with Joan Houston Hall, former editor of the Dictionary of American Regional English (often called DARE).

WATCH: https://youtu.be/F6dYztdHnG8?si=fbziIA7D-tXJBrwQ

READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1165/transcript

LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229

#GrammarGirl #podcast

(I call them both a spatula.)

Show threadNick

@grammargirl Spatula (l), fish slice (r).

Edit: should add, Iā€™m from the north of Ireland, from a part with a significant Ulster Scots influence on the dialect.

Mar 6 at 4:54pmWeb
Show threadJonathan SmithMar 6
@Nickiquote @grammargirl Same here (Yorkshire). Mind, I've never seen anyone slice a fish with it. It'd be more appropriate to call it a fry-up flipper...
Show threadHedgewizard šŸˆMar 6
@smithjonathan @Nickiquote @grammargirl
And same here - couple, North of Ireland and Gloucestershire