Alternative IFE

[astroboy]

Related to me by a crew friend:

Crew (serving J class): Mr. Jaya, this is the grilled chicken with brocollini. Please enjoy.
Mr. Jaya: Is the chicken male or female? Because male meat too tough.
Crew (scratch head): I'm sorry I failed to check before receiving the meal from the caterer. But I will highlight your question to my Crew-In-Charge.
Mr. Jaya: I take the fish then. And make sure it is female.
Crew (scratch head harder..): Most definitely.

Laughed till I (almost) cried...

[MSPeconomist]

Seriously, the words for chicken in certain foreign languages (German and French, for example) do specify the sex and age of the bird. In English, chicken-the-bird is more likely to be female but chicken-the-food could be male or female, although turkey is typically purchased in a grocery store as a hen or a tom (but people usually choose based on the size of whole bird they want rather than because one tastes better).

Now I'm thinking about Thanksgiving and getting hungry.

[jhm]

Seriously, the words for chicken in certain foreign languages (German and French, for example) do specify the sex and age of the bird.

And in Cantonese, one meaning of the word for "chicken" specifies the sex (female) and profession (the world's oldest) of the "bird".

[MSPeconomist]

And in Cantonese, one meaning of the word for "chicken" specifies the sex (female) and profession (the world's oldest) of the "bird".

I've been told--don't know the language--that the Spanish word for turkey has the same meaning. I think it's something like putin, similar to the food term pasta putinesco (spelling?) in Italian.

[oblivious]

I've been told--don't know the language--that the Spanish word for turkey has the same meaning. I think it's something like putin, similar to the food term pasta putinesco (spelling?) in Italian.

Almost... substitute the 'in' for an 'a'.
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[jjpb3]

Almost... substitute the 'in' for an 'a'.

It isn't the Spanish word for 'turkey' in the countries I'm familiar with. (And the French word also contains an 'a'.)

Now, ahem, let's get back on topic, shall we?