Speaking of Donuts

Vegemite - hmm difficult to explain but try this site....

http://www.cockeyed.com/inside/vegemite/vegemite.html

Originally posted by Kiwideus
Vegemite is a spread, made from yeast extract. Its very thick - if you were to turn the jar upside down, it will stay there.

It tastes rather salty - one friend said it tasted like anchovies

I love it anyway

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Leave it to Kellye to drag this thread up!

It's all your fault now. I'm dying for coffee and a donut! And I'm fasting to have some bloodwork done!

LOL that is a good website!

Tammie, I didnt drag it up, I promise, it was already up there!

My best friend is a manager at a Krispy Kream. I get free doughnuts up the wazoo from her. Unfortunally she works at a store about 5 hours drive from where I live. But we don't have one here yet, so I don't mind the drive. Doughnuts and a best friend....what more do you need

I voted on this poll months ago and I can't remember what I chose!

Originally posted by 55Dali
Yuck, someone once told me it takes 2 weeks to digest a donut and since then I haven't touched one. Wasn't big on them before but now YUCK. DO-NOT donut!!!!!

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While doughnuts certainly aren't a healthy choice of food even besides the high fat, what actually makes them hard to digest is that they are made from white flour. They can form hard lumps in your colon because they contain almost no fibre and absorb very little water while being digested. Both of these things are a vital part to digesting properly. This goes for ANY food that is made from white flour, not just doughnuts. Yes, doughnuts and all bakery products made from white flour are harder to digest and can stay in your colon a bit longer, but the notion that they take two weeks is utterly rediculous.

You guys are so cruel - here I am, in "exile" in Germany, where the bakeries mainly offer jelly do(ugh)nuts ("Berliner"), and I'm drooling at the thought of Dunkin' Donuts' Boston Cremes (Creams?)! This falls into the same category as through/thru, for ever/forever, catsup/ketchup, sceptical/skeptical, traveller/traveler, enquiry/inquiry, aluminium/aluminum, grey/gray, etc, etc, etc.. My students, who are learning English as a foreign language, constantly ask me which spellings they should use. Who can say? I tell them "whichever you like - business is conducted in Middle Atlantic English (not to be confused with Midatlantic)". One thing I have found - American English is more conservative as far as grammar is concerned (e.g., "if I were you", as opposed "to if I was you"), and inventive regarding spelling, and British English is more modern with regard to grammar, but a bit conservative about spelling. The Aussies and Kiwis have their own slang, and "Inglish" (Indian English) and "Commonwealth English" (Africa, Asia) are rich in local expressions. One of the funniest experiences I've ever had was here in Germany - I visited an "English Pub" with two friends, one born and raised in England by an Indian father and an Austrian mother, the other born and raised by English parents in Manchester. An Australian heard us speaking English, and joined us. After a few minutes of conversation, he asked, "Are you sure we're all speaking the same language?" No - what would you understand by "he knocked her up"?

I missed this thread and only just voted.

Well, I spell it like doughnuts but it doesn't mean that I don't recognise it being spelt donuts or even the smell.

Vegemite...salty yes, but it doesn't taste like anchovies. And I love both!! And both of my cats go nuts over it.

So....who wants a sample?

Doughnuts......*gaaaaahhhhh, drooling* Must go get Krispy Kreme fix now.....

ROTFL! It's more like Do-nots for me. Since I had my gastric bypass, I am not allowed to eat sugar at all. I never really liked them anyway, I got fat eating other carbs. My son, however, can tear up a box of Krispy Kreams... I think the kid has a hollow leg!

Originally posted by jcat
An Australian heard us speaking English, and joined us. After a few minutes of conversation, he asked, "Are you sure we're all speaking the same language?" No - what would you understand by "he knocked her up"?

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Umm...I'm from Australia. And I understand the term as some guy has gotten someone pregnant. I'm not sure how else it vould be interpreted.

Doughnut...Guess that's Commonwealth English (acc. to jcat). Well, we have this local TV commercial where vendors offer their goods and say BUY after the product like "candy?BUY", "toy?BUY", etc. then the last one is a doughnut vendor and of course he says "donut?BUY"
Get it?

I have always known it as doughnut. I am not sure if that is right but that is how I spell it.

I think the forum moderator must have e-mailed me this thread because she knows I am a Donut Expert aka cop! I spell it both ways, and I just LOVE Krispy Kreme Donuts especially the plain glazed when they are still warm.

Originally posted by a_loveless_gem
Umm...I'm from Australia. And I understand the term as some guy has gotten someone pregnant. I'm not sure how else it vould be interpreted.

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That's how I'd understand it. But the British use it to mean "to drop in, or call, on her". Sorry - as an expat and teacher of English as a foreign language, I have a lot of contact with native English-speakers from all over the world, and we're always comparing notes and laughing about misunderstandings. I once remarked to a colleague from Liverpool that I thought I was getting "sick", meaning I felt I was coming down with something, and his response was to grab a waste paper basket and hold it in front of me - his interpretation was that I thought I was going to "puke" (vomit)!

Originally posted by jcat
That's how I'd understand it. But the British use it to mean "to drop in, or call, on her". Sorry - as an expat and teacher of English as a foreign language, I have a lot of contact with native English-speakers from all over the world, and we're always comparing notes and laughing about misunderstandings. I once remarked to a colleague from Liverpool that I thought I was getting "sick", meaning I felt I was coming down with something, and his response was to grab a waste paper basket and hold it in front of me - his interpretation was that I thought I was going to "puke" (vomit)!

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So that's how the British see it. You learn something new everyday. I come in contact with a lot of exchange students at university and it's great having a laugh about misunderstandings of the same word. Though it's useful to know if you do ever go travelling.