I have heard the term but it seems like a neologism; I’ve only heard it when going to an activity for my kids; for school, extra-curricular events, etc. It wasn’t the term when I was a kid.
My WAG is that it was set up as an alternative for “sitting Indian style” which understandably could be seen as offensive, but “sitting cross-legged” seems like a more reasonable alternative and is the one I remember from when I was a child. I wonder if having a “cutesy” and rhyming term makes it seem more appealing and effective for children.
I agree. Confirming that the “criss-cross applesauce” phrase has recently become very widespread in early childhood and elementary education, but its origin apparently goes back decades.
In my mitten-shaped neck of the woods you’re supposed to say “pop” when you want a soda. I hate this. My best friend and I decided, in junior high, that this sounded juvenile. So we say soda.
I’ve learned that, around here, if you say “soda,” some people think you mean ice-cream soda. So I use neither term, just referring to the type of soda, e.g. ginger ale or Dr. Pepper.
Oh, I got it. I’m just saying “misspelled” isn’t funny because the premise is that you couldn’t tell the difference between “eye” and “mouth” in the ____-watering expression. If you want to stick with that, be my guest.
after learning 4 different names for a carbonated beverage i decided that i would just go with what ever one the next person said. i was in nebraska at the time.
i found out really quickly that saying my first word tonic, did not work well outside of new england. tonic, soda, soda pop, pop. now if i want a carbonated beverage, i ask for diet whatever, much easier.
That’s weird. I mean, I’m used to the fact that in some parts of the country, ‘Coke’ has become a generic term for ‘soft drink.’ But my understanding was that usually even in those parts of the country, ‘Coca-Cola’ specifically meant the well-known cola drink made by the Coca-Cola company.
Gotta have some way of saying you’re talking about that specific kind of Coke, after all.
I haven’t heard it, despite being the parent of a seven-year-old and a four-year-old, and another too young to appreciate rhymes.
That said, I get it, and I wouldn’t mind it if I heard it being used by daycare staff or teachers.
Little kids respond really well to rhymes. It helps them remember things. And they like rhymes. They’re just learning words and how language works and what they can do with it.
Putting rules in rhyme really works for them. I remember my older girl being in a soccer league a couple of years ago where the rules (such as they are for three and four and five-year-olds) were in rhyme, something about not touching the ball with your hands. It actually worked pretty well. They all learned the rules and internalized them quite well.
Technically , all parts of a plant that are consumed are vegetables - fruits, grains, flowers, leaves. But that’s really only in non-culinary contexts. In culinary usage, most grains/starches aren’t considered vegetables ( although maize sometimes is) and most fruits aren’t , although there are plenty of fruits that are culinary vegetables ( tomato, eggplant, squash, cucumbers, etc). And your girlfriend was upset because the pasta/meat thing you were serving already had a starch.
I don’t think this is universally true. Yes, fruits are botanically vegetables but culinarily separate from vegetables. And some thing that are botanically fruits are treated as (non-fruit) vegetables in culinary usage (like tomatoes).
But starches–that is, starchy vegetables–like potato and corn–are often treated as vegetables. I don’t see a strict dividing line in culinary usage between starches and vegetables. There are starchy vegetables, leafy green vegetables, yellow-orange vegetables, root vegetables, etc.
Indeed, in a traditional American or English dinner, which is commonly known as “meat and two veg” in British usage, is very often a meat and one or two starchy vegetables. In America, the main vegetable accompanying meat is often some kind of potato preparation. And then there’s traditionally bread in addition to that.
rhymes and songs. there is a reason we all remember very long ago commercials. if i needed to remember a list of things, i would make a chant out of it.
There is an excellent ice cream parlor in Tinley Park called, The Plush Horse. The name annoys me because, in my mind, ice cream has absolutely no relationship to horses in any way. I’ve tried to imagine a horse, plush or otherwise, eating ice cream. I’ve tried to imagine trying to eat an ice cream cone while bumping up and down on a jogging horse. It just makes no sense on any level.