On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 03:38:39 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
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>> On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 11:29:54 +0200, ChattyCathy wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 02:52:27 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> The prices on the menu for "Starters" and "Appetizers" were all within
>>>> $3 of each other.
>>>>
>>>> It was an honest question.
>>>
>>> In this part of the world we usually refer to a 3 course meal as having
>>> a starter, a main and then dessert - but there's a couple I know who do
>>> refer to a starter as an appetizer and they're actually quite snobby
>>> i.e. they only eat at the most expensive restaurants/shop at the most
>>> expensive stores, drive shockingly expensive cars - just to show off how
>>> much money they have - which is why I found Marty's comment funny).
>>>
>>> But then again the word 'appetizer' rings another bell - think in some
>>> parts of the world it might be an alternative term for a main course?
>>> Dunno, just too lazy to google it right now.
>>
>> OK I looked at wiki.
>>
>> Appetizers are what we refer to here as "Hors d'oeuvre" or "Horse's
>> doofers" as my Dad used to jokingly refer to them <g> IOW, 'finger food'
>> that is generally served before one even gets to the dining table.
>
>Here too but that link said in some country they refer to the main part of
>the meal, main dish or main but here it is entree. Not always true either
>as trendy places now use the word "mains".

Then you dine at a trailor trash joint... mains are sewer pipes.