Important Philosophical Questions + POLLS

General Chat
270
3 Likes
271

Mu. RP-English and also AE have a really really really really weird phonology with over 20 vowels that nobody else uses and an R realized as an approximant. Northern English and Scottish are alright! They’ve got a good [u:] sound. When I speak English, my accent tends to go towards Scottish, because I find this the easiest to pronounce.

French is weird because nasal vowels and they use less breath to speak, so it’s weird too, but at least its vowels are kinda alright (comparatively).

German sounds like retarded Danish (and vice versa), and so does Dutch, bij de weg. True beauty lies in Plattdeutsch and Dialects of the Wallis and the Haslital.

5 Likes
272

You must be joking, right? If any of these Germanic dialects / languages sounds more ridiculous than Danish (and there aren’t many), it’s the Swiss ones :stuck_out_tongue:

2 Likes
273

Yeah, I agree, but these two are special. They’re basically middle high german.

1 Like
274

Why are there recipes for sandwiches? Isn’t a sandwich the “put anything between breads” food?

1 Like
275

I suggest you only put anything edible between two or more slices of bread. :grimacing:

For some sandwich inspiration:

1 Like
276

I love listening to Swiss speakers. :grin: Yes, they sometimes sound ridiculous, but it’s also cute. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: Unfortunately, I often don’t understand a word of it.

2 Likes
277

What’s your favourite cake?

  • Victoria sponge
  • Lemon drizzle
  • Coffee
  • Chocolate
  • Fruitcake
  • Little honey cakes to eat whilst pretending to be Sansa Stark
  • Dodgy recipes with mayonnaise in that you get from emmymadeinjapan
  • No you can’t have banana bread, it’s a bread, it’s in the name
  • Other

0 voters

2 Likes
278

Chocolate cake tastes like really cheap, dry, chocolate to me. Like really stale chocolate chips. Brownies actually taste chocolatey. I voted Coffee cake because it’s so good, though.

3 Likes
279

Hmm, I forgot carrot cake, that was an oversight.

2 Likes
280

I voted other and I meant “the one that it’s store-bought, I’m tired”.

3 Likes
281

We’re not cute :persevere:

4 Likes
282

That’s because you only had chocolate cake with cheap, dry chocolate in it.

The one I bake is the moistest damn thing you’ll ever taste.

The trick is not to use any flour. Mix butter, sugar, egg yolk, molten chocolate, cookie crumbs, and ground almonds, then add whisked egg whites.

4 Likes
283

I don’t really like cake, and prefer pie. But if I had to choose a cake, I’d go for lemon cheesecake.

4 Likes
284

Hmm, I wouldn’t consider cheesecake a “true cake”. But it is bloody good stuff.

1 Like
285

If it’s not a true cake, what is it then? It’s spongy dough with sweet creamy stuff.

1 Like
286

It’s cheesecake. Sabre-toothed tigers aren’t tigers, either.

1 Like
287

Yes, that’s not what I meant. Apart from cake being in the name, what part of a cheesecake disqualifies it from being a cake?

3 Likes
288

There’s no “cakey” crumb. Sure, there’s the biscuit layer, but that’s got a whole different texture.

1 Like
289

But the cheesecake my mother makes has a cakey crumb!

Although it’s not my absolute favourite - my favourites are the very simple, thin yeast cake with crumbles made by my father and the ring cake with nut filling that my mother makes.

4 Likes