[Linganth] Substitute x for y

[Robert Lawless]

What country is the chicken person from?

At 10:43 AM 1/31/2005, Ronald Kephart wrote:
>All:
>
>More than twice now, I have gone to our local fried chicken outlet and
>ordered the 8 or 12 piece dinner, which usually includes some breast,
>thighs, legs, and wings. While doing so, I have said:
>
>"Please substitute legs and thighs for the wings."
>
>And nearly every time, the response I get is:
>
>"So, you want all wings?"
>
>I cannot understand how they can interpret my request in this way. For me,
>"substitute x for y" should mean that I don't want y, I want x instead.
>But my wife who seems normal otherwise, agrees with the chicken people.
>What's going on here?
>
>Ron