On Sat, 01 Mar 2014 08:04:38 -0500, S Viemeister
> wrote:

> On 3/1/2014 1:50 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> > On Fri, 28 Feb 2014 19:03:06 -0500, S Viemeister wrote:
> >> On 2/28/2014 4:19 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> >>> "Brooklyn1" > wrote
> >>>> "Ophelia" wrote:
> >>>>> I thought the term 'wheat bread' was used around here. I am sure
> >>>>> I've seen posters use it.
> >>>> Bread is automatically wheat unless stipulated otherwise such as rye,
> >>>> oat, corn, etc.
> >>> Yes, agreed and if they had said, 'wholewheat/wholemeal I wouldn't have
> >>> given it any thought.
> >>>
> >> I've been in a number of NJ diners where the waitress asks "white or
> >> wheat". To many people wheat=brown - they don't seem to understand that
> >> the white stuff is also wheat...
> >
> > That is how they've been referred to for decades. White and wheat.
> >
> > What do you call white sandwich bread, then? White. We all know
> > they're made out of wheat. Sheesh.
> >
> Logically, that would be "white or brown". _Not_ "white or wheat".

You can correct grammar all day long, but it doesn't change the fact
that

1. You don't need a dual citizenship to know white bread is a wheat
product (except when it's gluten free).

2. Wheat is a commonly known/accepted American diner shortcut for
whole-wheat. No American citizen walks into a grocery store and asks
for "wheat bread" when they want whole wheat.

3. Digs like this one are better appreciated and more acceptable on
the UK group. They will think it's a real knee slapper.


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