"barbecue pit"

[Doug Harris]

How, then, do they distinguish on their take-away places
from (local) food and the likes of KFC, which, as The
Daily Show pointed out earlier this week, is a popular type
... um, food to buy one place and eat another.
--
This obviously is an issue (really, is it?) in other cultures
where food-to-go is popular -- such as India and Pakistan (Do
you want armor with that?). The Indians have the obvious
advantage in that [1] (a form of) English is so widely understood
and [2] "Curry In A Hurry" says it almost as clearly as does the
increasingly popular (in the US, UK and maybe elsewhere) Indian
Take-Out.
dh


On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 2:06 AM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:
>
> I don't recall the name of the wag who noted that in China, they call
> Chinese food just "food". BB

The joke appeared in the first season of "Friends" ("The One Where
Rachel Finds Out," aired May 18, 1995), but I'm sure it was already a
pretty old observation at that point.

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http://www.tv.com/friends/the-one-where-rachel-finds-out/episode/368/trivia.
html
Joey: Move on. Go to China. Eat Chinese food.
Chandler: Of course there, they just call it food.
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--Ben Zimmer

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