Questions from Itasan

[emile]

gyudon OR beef bowl
1. Have you heard this term?
2. Have you ever eaten it?
3. Is it common in English-speaking countries?
4. If so, which term do you use?

Sorry, Itasan, this kind of food isn't common in English-speaking countries. Japanese restaurants in the US usually specialise in Teriyaki, Sushi, Sashimi or Teppenyaki. If I'm not mistaken, 'beef bowl' is a kind of cheap fast-food style dish. Am I right?





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[Itasan]

Exactly. It's very popular here.

[eslweb]

gyudon OR beef bowl

In Malaysia they use: gyudon
And in London the only places that sell it stick to the original Japanese for their Japanese customers...

It really isn't that common, but you raise a good point about local dishes.

What we normally do in English is use the original name and say what the dish is made of... e.g. Beef with noodles, a type of beef soup or beef with potatoes etc. (I'm afraid I don't know precisely what Gyudon is made of )

A Malaysian example is Satay, which are sticks with Beef or Chicken and a spicy peanut sauce.

James

[Itasan]

Thank you very much, everybody.

[Itasan]

I understand that the thing in the car is 'a car navigation system'.
Can it be shortened to 'a car navigation'?
"I have just had a car navigation installed in my car."

Thank you.

[eslweb]

To my mind saying car navigation without the system sounds a bit funny, because we could be talking about a number of things. However people are starting to use car-nav or GPS to refer to the car navigation system.

James

[Itasan]

Thank you very much, James.

[Itasan]

My Japanese-English dictionary says:
1. neutered - mainly UK
2. altered - mainly US, Aus
3. castrated - no indication
Is this true?

Thank you.

[tigertiger]

I understand that the thing in the car is 'a car navigation system'.
Can it be shortened to 'a car navigation'?
"I have just had a car navigation installed in my car."

Thank you.

In car navigation system
on board navigation system (may be accompanied byoff board information services)
Sat Nav "I have sat nav in my car"
GPS "I have GPS in my car"

all would be typical in UK

[tigertiger]

My Japanese-English dictionary says:
1. neutered - mainly UK
2. altered - mainly US, Aus
3. castrated - no indication
Is this true?

Thank you.

'My Japanese-English dictionary says: ' in answer to what?

[Amy_H]

My Japanese-English dictionary says:
1. neutered - mainly UK
2. altered - mainly US, Aus
3. castrated - no indication
Is this true?

Thank you.

'My Japanese-English dictionary says: ' in answer to what?

If Itasan is talking about neutering pets, I have to admit that I always "get the cat / dog fixed".

Amy

[Itasan]

In car navigation system
on board navigation system (may be accompanied byoff board information services)
Sat Nav "I have sat nav in my car"
GPS "I have GPS in my car"

all would be typical in UK[/quote]

Thank you very much, tigertiger.

[Itasan]

Thank you very much, Amy.

[sbourque]

Yes, in the States we say "get the cat/dog fixed." Although from the animal's point of view, there was nothing broken in the first place.

[Itasan]

Yes, in the States we say "get the cat/dog fixed." Although from the animal's point of view, there was nothing broken in the first place.

Oh, yes. That is quite right. Selfish human beings including myself.