Mignon FogartyMar 6

Some people call these the same thing, and other people have different names for them — 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 threadmuddleMar 6

@grammargirl Since nobody has mentioned it, I'd say both are spatulas but I'd also call the one on the right a "flipper."

[edit: ah, I see it's mentioned in tfa]

Show threadmuddle
@grammargirl also, anyone reminded of the Spatula Heaven scene/ad from UHF?
Mar 6 at 5:29pmWeb