[HN Gopher] Takeaway
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       Takeaway
        
       Author : jjgreen
       Score  : 31 points
       Date   : 2023-12-06 09:39 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | freitzkriesler2 wrote:
       | But what about fushion? Do I need a second set of die to account
       | for those?
       | 
       | Perhaps one of those 24 sided dice could account for this
       | nightmare of choice.
        
         | onionisafruit wrote:
         | Just one "fusion" side is required. When fusion comes up you
         | roll two more times and you get fusion of those two foods. Of
         | course fusion can come up in the subsequent rolls, so this is a
         | recursive rule. Every time fusion comes up you replace that
         | result with two more rolls.
        
         | drcongo wrote:
         | A fushion is a floor cushion in the UK.
        
       | htk wrote:
       | If you like the subject and style of writing, check out these
       | books by the same author: "The sound on the page" and "When you
       | catch an adjective, kill it". I highly recommend them.
        
       | lexh wrote:
       | All the staff at my local coffee shop ask "for stay or for
       | takeaway?"
       | 
       | They never deviate from this exact script and I find it grating
       | every single time. Coffee is decent though so I let it slide.
       | 
       | Edit: "local" meaning Southern California.
        
         | bee_rider wrote:
         | That's bizarre, is the owner British or something? "Here or to
         | go?" is the standard in the US as far as I'm concerned.
        
           | golergka wrote:
           | "Takeaway" is also the term used in many non-english speaking
           | countries (by waiters who speak very limited English).
        
           | joelegner wrote:
           | I prefer "to go" over "takeaway" for two essentially
           | meaningless reasons:
           | 
           | First, _go_ is older than _away_. According to Etymology
           | Online, go dates back to Old English ("gan"), while away in
           | sense of "at a distance" is from 1712. Second, I get to save
           | a syllable.
           | 
           | So "to go" is older and less effortful than "takeaway". Also,
           | both work.
        
       | cronin101 wrote:
       | > Now, if I could just figure out the difference between
       | "ordering out" and "ordering in."
       | 
       | That's simple:
       | 
       | Ordering-in takeaway is something you do at home with the
       | expectation that it is delivered.
       | 
       | Ordering-out is getting something "to go" when you are already at
       | an establishment where you don't wish to stay and sit to eat.
        
       | resolutebat wrote:
       | In Singaporean/Malaysian English, takeaway is any one of "da bao"
       | (from Mandarin Da Bao , lit. "put in a packet"), "bungkus" (from
       | Malay, "wrap") or straight up "packet". Because that's what's
       | happening: the hawker prepares the meal and wraps it up in wax
       | paper or a plastic bag instead of serving it on a plate.
        
       | arh68 wrote:
       | I say _both_ take-out  & carry-out. At least, I can't determine
       | which I say more. Pizza seems to be "for pickup".
       | 
       | Kari-Out [1] makes a lot of the food containers, so maybe that's
       | why I say "carry-out" (or think I say it). Something something,
       | inception.
       | 
       | [1] https://kariout.com/products/
        
       | darrenf wrote:
       | > _"takeaway" is predominantly British and the other two
       | American-although Lynne Murphy's blog post on the subject notes
       | that "take-out" is used in parts of northern England_
       | 
       | I'm approaching 50 and have lived in England my entire life,
       | either in south London or further south (university years
       | notwithstanding). For food, takeaway and takeout have been
       | interchangeable in my circles for as long as I can recall.
       | Takeout has _also_ been used for "alcohol [...] bought in a pub
       | for consumption off the premises" since ... well, forever.
       | 
       | Meanwhile my partner, who is from the north, says she never used
       | or heard takeout when growing up.
        
         | singleshot_ wrote:
         | Does British English use a different word to denote the
         | conclusion of a discussion? (E.g., my takeaway from this
         | article is that in the UK they have some different words than
         | the US).
        
         | staticfish wrote:
         | Native Brit here from the South of the UK (midlands and
         | London). Never had I ever heard the phrase "take-out" until I
         | moved to the U.S.
        
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