# Brit-speak translation, please? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 10, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-speak-translation-please/937652 "2021-03-10T22:35:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-speak-translation-please/937652/41 "2021-03-12T17:46:27Z")
Don’t heat it when it’s already dried out. The hot water won’t soften it for quite a time, but, yes, I’d go for trying to make a paste out of some pieces. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-speak-translation-please/937652/42 "2021-03-12T17:58:14Z")
Out of curiosity, what’s Vegemite’s consistency like if you get it “fresh off the assembly line”? Like if I were at the Vegemite plant and I grabbed a just-filled jar? ---
**Author:** ![velcro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velcro/32/7102_2.png) [@velcro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velcro)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-speak-translation-please/937652/43 "2021-03-12T18:44:34Z")
Consistency of vaseline, I would say. But tastes better. I just tried the bread/butter/vegemite/peanut butter suggestion, and it was quite good! ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-speak-translation-please/937652/44 "2021-03-12T18:54:14Z")
Marmite is a food that some people like and some people really hate. Piers Morgan is an unethical asshole. I think the analogy is really unfair to marmite. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-speak-translation-please/937652/45 "2021-03-12T22:45:04Z")
I have Vegemite here not off the assembly line, but about nine months old or so that I just opened (I bought a half dozen.) It has been kept on a shelf in the kitchen. The description of its consistency as Vaseline-like above is an apt one: that is, indeed, how I would characterize it. It is very easy to spread. I personally find Vegemite easier to handle and spread than Marmite. Marmite has a more thick-syruppy consistency (kind of like molasses) that seems to harden over time the way Vegemite hasn’t (for me, at least.) It is possible I simply eat my Vegemite more quickly than my Marmite. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-speak-translation-please/937652/46 "2021-03-12T22:46:24Z")
> [@velcro](#): > > I just tried the bread/butter/vegemite/peanut butter suggestion, and it was quite good! There actually is a Marmite peanut butter (I know because my brother, God bless him, found it and bought it for me for Christmas, along with some Marmite cashews.) ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-speak-translation-please/937652/47 "2021-03-13T13:50:58Z")
If you cant find twiglets , putting a thin smattering of marmite on a corn tortilla chip makes a nice salty snack. It’s a bit of a pain but dipping the corner in works as well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-speak-translation-please/937652.md?page=2)