On Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at 12:25:14 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 8:58:30 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> > "dsi1" wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> > On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 12:16:40 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> > > On 2016-10-10 4:07 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> > > > On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 8:59:06 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > You will have some difficulty if you keep taking my posts literally.
> > > > I know the difference between pie crust and dumplings. My point is
> > > > that dumplings go only on the top but a pie should have a top and
> > > > bottom crust. Some people feel that calling it a "pot pie" gives them
> > > > license to do a job halfway. I suppose that it does but I hope I
> > > > never become one of those people.
> > >
> > > I made the mistake of Googling pot pie. According to that source, a pot
> > > pie is a type of knish with a top crust. An Pennsylvania pot pie is a
> > > stew with no crust at all. I had to look up knish, and that is nothing
> > > like any kind of pot pie I have ever had.
> > >
> > > FWIW, my mother used to occasionally buy frozen (Swanson?) pot pies, and
> > > they always had a top and bottom crust. There were bakeries around here
> > > that make meat pies, with top and bottom crust. My wife makes a lot of
> > > excellent meat pies, but she makes them with just a top crust.
> > >
> > > > I did not realize that this was some kind of sanctimonious healthy
> > > > livin' food group and that I was to be judged by that criteria. Hoo
> > > > boy!
> > >
> > > I like pie pastry, but I have had to learn to avoid it because it is so
> > > high in carbs and fat. It really. Pie pastry is basically two parts
> > > flour (high carb) and one part shortening.... fat.
> >
> > I'm eating such a concoction as I type this. It's good eats! I don't believe
> > that I'll be wanting to live that much longer.
> >
> > ======================
> >
> > Things are called differently in different places. Just don't mention that
> > here or you will get a nasty mouthful.
> >
> >
> > --
> > http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk
>
> Some peoples is too inflexible with words.

I believe the word you're looking for is "precise", not "inflexible".

> They're quite adamant in this group but I love the richness and diversity of language. What I call a "crescent wrench" could be called a "monkey wrench" by some old coot on the mainland.

Funny, I'd never call a crescent wrench a monkey wrench. I might
call a pipe wrench a monkey wrench.

>It might be called a "gas grip" or my favorite, "adjustable spanner" in garages in the UK. "Garage" has a somewhat different meaning in the UK than here. Arguing about the definitions of words is a waste of my time - up with which, I shall not put.

No need to argue if one uses the dictionary definition.

Cindy Hamilton