It's not even that, it's that the execution is just so frigging dumb. Or maybe that's what you meant by "smart" being in quotes...To summarize: "Smart" TVs.
Anyway some unrelated things I picked up from my evening of binging Ordinary Sausage: Why do people in the US refer to any type of pasta as noodles? This wasn't the first time I had heard it, noodles are a type of pasta.
Also why does the company Frigidaire make stoves/cookers? They're obviously named after their air conditioning or refrigeration machines but having that name on something that gets hot looks stupid. Maybe Hotpoint (common brand here) on a fridge doesn't seem so smart either, I've never thought about it until right now. Their fridges have a habit of doing the catching fire thing though so it might be a good name after all.
Good point on the Hoover thing, I don't know why but it just feels right to call them Hoovers. Despite that the idea of people calling all cameras a Kodak seems mad. It's a funny world.Possibly a regional thing with noodles and such. I'd go on to ask why all vacuum cleaners in the UK are called Hoovers.
Most likely, just keeping such a specific name annoys me so I put it in this thread. There are probably lots of other examples.The appliance thing.... who knows. expanding business to stay relevant?
Most likely, just keeping such a specific name annoys me so I put it in this thread. There are probably lots of other examples.
Isn’t it the other way around? The English “noodle” comes from the German “Nudel” which refers to everything from Japanese udon to Italian spaghetti and German Spätzle. Even a dumpling can be a Nudel.Why do people in the US refer to any type of pasta as noodles? This wasn't the first time I had heard it, noodles are a type of pasta.
Isn’t it the other way around? The English “noodle” comes from the German “Nudel” which refers to everything from Japanese udon to Italian spaghetti and German Spätzle. Even a dumpling can be a Nudel.
Pasta is the Italian word for noodles (and doughs) and has been adopted as the general term for Italian (style) noodles elsewhere.
What kind of noodly pasta isn’t a noodle?
TIL, while it's plausible I feel like this is too complex for someone casually referring to spaghetti as "noodles". It's not something I've heard much as most people say "pasta" on US cooking shows I sometimes see, I even looked on the US Walmart site to check I wasn't going mad and there's a "Dry Pasta" section as I would expect.Isn’t it the other way around? The English “noodle” comes from the German “Nudel” which refers to everything from Japanese udon to Italian spaghetti and German Spätzle. Even a dumpling can be a Nudel.
Pasta is the Italian word for noodles (and doughs) and has been adopted as the general term for Italian (style) noodles elsewhere.
What kind of noodly pasta isn’t a noodle?
Apparently it's confusing.
Taking Germany’s “Nudel” and turning it into something confusing now seems like a Very British way of getting one over on us for all the crimes Germans commit against the English language.
TIL, while it's plausible I feel like this is too complex for someone casually referring to spaghetti as "noodles". It's not something I've heard much as most people say "pasta" on US cooking shows I sometimes see, I even looked on the US Walmart site to check I wasn't going mad and there's a "Dry Pasta" section as I would expect.
Noodles over here are specifically ramen, rice or the stuff that looks like snakes but isn't tagliatelle, linguine, fettuccine, spaghetti or any of the others that have Italian names. Apparently it's confusing.
Last weekend I ordered garlic noodles from a Chinese restaurant. It was made with linguini.
I'm never going to be able to trust any foods again.
Edit: Especially sausages.
STOP ROLLING OFF IDLE FROM A STOP AND ACCELERATING HALF A MILE AWAY FOR FUCKS SAKE.
TURN ON YOUR FUCKING HEADLIGHTS.
that is all.