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[–] marzhall@lemmy.world 1 point 7 hours ago (1 child) Hell, it's true just traveling across the US. Try "Phildadelphia Cheeseteak" a few hours' drive out of Philly. They'll ask if you want marinara. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Soggy@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago (1 child) Accurate but I was trying to expand beyond "Americans using food words wrong". (Also, "wrong" is culture purity nonsense in this context. Food and language evolve and that's fine.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] marzhall@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago You're right that prescriptivism is fundamentally nonsense, but it's been more than a decade and I still put airquotes on "pizza" when referring to it around Pittsburgh, because I don't want to mislead visiting relatives permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago (1 child) Accurate but I was trying to expand beyond "Americans using food words wrong". (Also, "wrong" is culture purity nonsense in this context. Food and language evolve and that's fine.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] marzhall@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago You're right that prescriptivism is fundamentally nonsense, but it's been more than a decade and I still put airquotes on "pizza" when referring to it around Pittsburgh, because I don't want to mislead visiting relatives permalink fedilink source parent
[–] marzhall@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago You're right that prescriptivism is fundamentally nonsense, but it's been more than a decade and I still put airquotes on "pizza" when referring to it around Pittsburgh, because I don't want to mislead visiting relatives permalink fedilink source parent
