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maggielissel In reply to Zagittorch [2012-04-06 20:00:26 +0000 UTC]

Actually, we call them "pannkaka" in sweden which is closer to "pancake" don't you think? It's french to call them "crepes".
So this was a grammar nazi fail (if you don't know what a grammar nazi is google it )

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Zagittorch In reply to maggielissel [2012-04-06 22:29:03 +0000 UTC]

...It has nothing to do with grammar. A pancake is this: [link] - just because your wording resembles "pancake" does not mean it is a pancake. Pan. Cake. A cake done in a pan. Pancakes are soft, mushy and thick. In spanish we call crepes "panqueques" but that doesn't mean they're pancakes, it means your country and mine got their names wrong.


Seriously what you're saying is pretty much "Tree" means "Tres" because "Tres" (3 in spanish) resembles the word "tree" much more than "arbol" (tree in Spanish). It's nonsensical.

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maggielissel In reply to Zagittorch [2012-04-07 20:14:01 +0000 UTC]

But it is called pancake in english. I don't understand what you're saying

Anyway, I realised about an hour later that grammar nazi was the wrong word

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ErikTjernlund In reply to Zagittorch [2012-04-07 11:37:17 +0000 UTC]

In europe we call them pancakes, in england too, usa screwed it all up with their "american pancakes".
It's all explained here, [link]

You can't say that those are actually called crepes, you've probably heard this from usa.
In england they call that in the picture "pancake", where they speak english, we use the english word.

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FairieChick In reply to ErikTjernlund [2012-04-17 19:10:29 +0000 UTC]

My family calls them German Pancakes because this is how my grandmother has always made them and she's German.

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Generic-Furry-Artist In reply to lizzardhunter [2020-06-07 00:18:06 +0000 UTC]

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