Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi all,
Vanilla are planning an update to the site on April 24th (next Wednesday). It is a major PHP8 update which is expected to boost performance across the site. The site will be down from 7pm and it is expected to take about an hour to complete. We appreciate your patience during the update.
Thanks all.

Eatery

2»

Comments

  • #32
    Bigbagofcans
    Registered Users Posts: 1,164 ✭✭✭Bigbagofcans


    Probably used by 'foodies'.


  • #33
    Skylinehead
    Registered Users Posts: 11,690 ✭✭✭✭Skylinehead


    the beer revolu wrote: »
    Restaurant, cafe, diner, grill, dining room, cafeteria, inn , canteen, bistro, brasserie, hostelry.

    Why pick on eatery?

    Don't forget fooditarium.


  • #34
    nuyil simp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭nuyil simp


    got some fin win in the winery, in my finery

    thefreedictionary. com/words-that-end-in-ery


  • #35
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    You do realise 'eatery' has been in use for about 120 years? Hardly a new word.


  • #36
    Realt Dearg Sec
    Registered Users Posts: 10,821 ✭✭✭✭Realt Dearg Sec


    Justice Long Van wrote: »
    You do realise 'eatery' has been in use for about 120 years? Hardly a new word.
    Yeah but it's a word that conveys NOTIONS.


  • Advertisement
  • #37
    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users Posts: 4,421 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    FFred wrote: »
    Whataboutery.

    Fcukin hate that one.

    Wankery Guy has quoted me below
    |
    |
    V

    Or girl.

    We need equality now don't you know.


  • #38
    ZX7R
    Registered Users Posts: 3,426 ✭✭✭ZX7R


    You're all talking ****ery


  • #39
    gozunda
    Registered Users Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    the-island-man wrote: »
    I know new words come along all the time and languages evolve but Eatery..... really?!

    Wtf was wrong with restaurant or cafe?!

    ...

    Well 'Carvery' is one! Still seem them advertised. What's the average price of a carvery dinner these days?


  • #40
    d8491prj5boyvg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 508 ✭✭✭d8491prj5boyvg


    the-island-man wrote: »
    I know new words come along all the time and languages evolve but Eatery..... really?!

    Wtf was wrong with restaurant or cafe?!

    When I look up the origins it says it was first used in 1901 but I've only heard it in the past few years.

    We have new ways of eating. A spar is not a restaurant or cafe for example. God bless progress.


  • #41
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users Posts: 14,542 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    Braelyn Enough Mess wrote: »
    We have new ways of eating.
    Still goes in the same hole...............
    Braelyn Enough Mess wrote: »
    A spar is not a restaurant or cafe for example. God bless progress.
    A Spar is a shop with a Deli counter! which are relatively new here.


  • Advertisement
  • #42
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users Posts: 16,735 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »
    Deli counter!.

    How the fcuk did this term ever catch on?
    The hot food counters in shops and garages couldn't be further from delicatessens.
    Why are they called delis?


  • #43
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users Posts: 14,542 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    the beer revolu wrote: »
    How the fcuk did this term ever catch on?
    The hot food counters in shops and garages couldn't be further from delicatessens.
    Why are they called delis?

    Ah, don't hold back! tell us what you really feel.


  • #44
    RebelButtMunch
    Registered Users Posts: 2,378 ✭✭✭RebelButtMunch


    gozunda wrote: »
    Well 'Carvery' is one! Still seem them advertised. What's the average price of a carvery dinner these days?

    About twelvery


  • #45
    Ishmael
    Registered Users Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭Ishmael


    Vita nova wrote: »
    Cattery not to be confused with catery; the former is where cats are housed, the latter where provisions are stored.

    Ah so that explains it. The owner of the local chinese take-away just made a spelling mistake. :pac:


  • #46
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users Posts: 16,735 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    Ishmael wrote: »
    Ah so that explains it. The owner of the local chinese take-away just made a spelling mistake. :pac:

    Do explain that gag, please.


  • #47
    Potential-Monke
    Registered Users Posts: 13,798 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    the beer revolu wrote: »
    Do explain that gag, please.

    Catery - storing provisions
    Cattery - storing cats
    Chinese food = cats, so they say catery but mean cattery


  • #48
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users Posts: 16,735 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    Potential-Monke wrote: »
    Catery - storing provisions
    Cattery - storing cats
    Chinese food = cats, so they say catery but mean cattery

    Chinese food = cats
    Please explain this part.


  • #49
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,441 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    the beer revolu wrote: »
    Chinese food = cats
    Please explain this part.

    https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cat-chinese-food/


  • #50
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users Posts: 16,735 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cat-chinese-food/

    Ah, right.
    You are continuing the racist stereotype myth.

    Hilarious.
    And racist.


  • #51
    Realt Dearg Sec
    Registered Users Posts: 10,821 ✭✭✭✭Realt Dearg Sec


    Braelyn Enough Mess wrote: »
    the-island-man wrote: »
    I know new words come along all the time and languages evolve but Eatery..... really?!

    Wtf was wrong with restaurant or cafe?!

    When I look up the origins it says it was first used in 1901 but I've only heard it in the past few years.

    We have new ways of eating. A spar is not a restaurant or cafe for example. God bless progress.
    But a spar isn't an eatery. So how does an eatery constitute a "new way of eating" different from that of a restaurant? What's the progress?


  • Advertisement
Advertisement