Quitting the soft drinks, again...

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  • RelCanonical
    RelCanonical Posts: 3,882 Member
    paperpudding wrote: »
    is figure of speech meaning diet versions.

    Yes we all know soda has no fat in it - is not a literal term.

    Just like -in Australia anyway - many people use the term skinny milk - yes of course milk cant really be skinny and people can be overweight eating or drinking too much of anything - but is figure of speech everyone knows means skim milk.
    Then gets extended to other things- eg skinny latte - meaning one made with skim milk.

    I figured it had linguistic, slang origins. It's fun to guess people's origins based on key terms, especially if I've heard them before on UK tv shows, like "five a day", "takeaways", etc.
  • InsertFunnyUsernameHere
    InsertFunnyUsernameHere Posts: 271 Member
    There is some wisdom in cutting normal drinks with water. You can buy a jug of apple juice and cut that 50/50 with water as you drink it and you get only a slightly watered-down taste for half the calories. You can do this with other fruit juices as well, until you are used to just drinking water again.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,281 Member
    I'm not sure what five a day refers to?

    Takeaways is same as US takeouts - both terms make equal sense but for some reason one develops in one place and one in another.

    Bit like footpath and sidewalk - same thing and both make sense as a term but one is used one place and one another.

    Yes, language is fascinating :)
  • Lillymoo01
    Lillymoo01 Posts: 2,865 Member
    paperpudding wrote: »
    is figure of speech meaning diet versions.

    Yes we all know soda has no fat in it - is not a literal term.

    Just like -in Australia anyway - many people use the term skinny milk - yes of course milk cant really be skinny and people can be overweight eating or drinking too much of anything - but is figure of speech everyone knows means skim milk.
    Then gets extended to other things- eg skinny latte - meaning one made with skim milk.

    Even in Australia there are so many different names given to things, depending on your state. Have you ever been to Victoria and asked for bung fritz?
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,281 Member
    Yes that's true lillymoo, there is variation within Australia too and yes I know fritz is one of them.

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