{"id":237,"date":"2021-09-14T20:07:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T20:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/fysroadside\/?p=237"},"modified":"2021-09-20T13:11:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T13:11:11","slug":"wed-sept-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/fysroadside\/wed-sept-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Wed, Sept 15 – Fast Food"},"content":{"rendered":"

Diner cooks (“short order”\u00a0cooks) and waitstaff\u00a0have a long tradition of slang to communicate about the food and the customers. Partly this is just fun and quirky to know about — but partly, it points to the existence of distinct American subcultures, and to the evolution of language in social contexts. In other words, it’s not just a curiosity\u00a0… it’s something worth studying in its own right.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Maybe over a glass of muddy moo.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here’s a couple of lists to explore:<\/p>\n

Understanding Diner Lingo: 55 Phrases to Get You Started<\/a> (Mental Floss)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Diner Lingo: How To Talk Like a Short-Order Cook<\/a> (Connecticut Magazine)\u00a0<\/p>\n

A Quick Lesson in Essential Diner Lingo<\/a> (LifeHacker)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Film clips: <\/p>\n

A Short History of Diners (from Professor Hangen) https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ItjUPHVv5uI<\/a><\/p>\n

A renovated ’50s diner in Indiana https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MV5UTTRaChQ<\/a><\/p>\n

Automat Memories (Horn and Hardart) https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zBsU0lzK5mk<\/a><\/p>\n

Automat 2.0 – contactless dining in NJ, 2021 style https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/local\/theyve-been-gone-for-20-years-but-now-automats-are-back-with-a-high-tech-twist\/2852749\/<\/a><\/p>\n

“Two for a Penny,”<\/a> Grapes of Wrath<\/em> (1940)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Diner cooks (“short order”\u00a0cooks) and waitstaff\u00a0have a long tradition of slang to communicate about the food and the customers. Partly this is just fun and quirky to know about — but partly, it points to the existence of distinct American subcultures, and to the evolution of language in social contexts. In other words, it’s not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/fysroadside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/fysroadside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/fysroadside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/fysroadside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/fysroadside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/fysroadside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":250,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/fysroadside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions\/250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/fysroadside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/fysroadside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/fysroadside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}