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faby.ong
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explanation of words
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Please, can you help to understand what is potluck? |
21 Nov 2011
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douglas
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Back home a potluck dinner was a dinner where each guest brought a different dish of food and everybody shared everything (buffet style). We used this quite often with community events (clubs, etc.)
Douglas |
21 Nov 2011
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yanogator
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Notice that Douglas �s answer is the second definition from Dora �s link. In my opinion, the first definition is better written as two words - "pot luck".
A potluck dinner is also called a covered dish dinner or a pitch-in dinner. It �s also very common with churches.
My international folk-dance group used to have a monthly potluck dinner, and we learned that it �s best to have an idea of what �s coming, because one month everyone brought a dessert!
Bruce |
21 Nov 2011
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faby.ong
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THanks a lot for your answers!!! Ans why do I use EG for example? thanks again |
21 Nov 2011
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midoforever
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eg stands for "exampli gratia" . All The Best |
21 Nov 2011
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Apodo
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You can use it like this:
We are going out for dinner, but we haven �t made a reservation. We are just going to take pot luck. = we will eat wherever we can.
And it doesn �t always have to be about food
We are going on holidays. We haven �t booked a hotel. We are going to take pot luck.
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22 Nov 2011
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faby.ong
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Thnas so much for all the "example gratia". Did I use it correct?
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22 Nov 2011
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Apodo
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I would just say �Thanks for all the examples �.
I use eg. to mean �for example �. pronounced as the letters E G -not many people know the Latin words. ;-)
People eat many different grains, eg. rice, oats, wheat and corn. |
22 Nov 2011
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faby.ong
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THanks again for all the help you gave me!!!
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6 Dec 2011
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