Mar 15, 2015 18:00
9 yrs ago
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English term
Hungary
Your guide in the Tower of Babel
Native in: Hungarian 
, Romanian (Variant: Romania)
Works in: English to Hungarian, Hungarian to Romanian, Romanian to Hungarian, and 6 more.
slang for food
English
Art/Literary
Linguistics
UK
I have several English slang terms for food:
chow (US)
chuck (US)
dub (US)
eats (US)
grub
kai (AU)
nosh
prog
scoff
scran
toke
Tommy
tucker
...
Please tell me which one is most frequently used in England (London).
chow (US)
chuck (US)
dub (US)
eats (US)
grub
kai (AU)
nosh
prog
scoff
scran
toke
Tommy
tucker
...
Please tell me which one is most frequently used in England (London).
Responses
| 3 +9 | grub / nosh |
Carol Gullidge
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References
| nosh, grub |
Noni Gilbert Riley
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Responses
+9
11 mins
Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
&
English
United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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26
Selected
grub / nosh
these are the two most familiar to my UK ears.
If it's any help, I seem to remember that TV chef Jamie Oliver uses "grub" a lot… But I may be confusing this with "lovely jubbley"
If it's any help, I seem to remember that TV chef Jamie Oliver uses "grub" a lot… But I may be confusing this with "lovely jubbley"
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
Reference comments
19 mins
Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Spain
Native in English
&
English
Spain
The translator people turn to
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to Spanish, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
4
Reference:
nosh, grub
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/leisure/eatingout/omrestaurantre...
Both terms used here, so obviously still current!
Both terms used here, so obviously still current!
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