'Wordish' things drive me up the wall but misspelled words are just as bad and there's a lot of that. Didn't anyone learn how to spell during their 'schooling'?

I've noticed a lot of "unconventional spelling" -

I've also noticed that different countries (UK, for example) have different spellings for words than the American (USA) English

Well, I had to google it, since I'd never heard of it, but I think it is a colloquialism, but from like, 50 years ago. I looked on lots of forums and it's all people in their 40s or 50s looking for grandma's recipe for these dumplings- exactly what it translates to. Basically the glissantes are the noodles, usually cut into squares, and they throw them into soups or stews, often of beef stock instead of chicken but I saw both. I'm sure if I asked my dad or his brothers and sisters they would know what you're talking about, but I never had any... or maybe I did but I never knew what they were called.

Thanks Mel. Yeah, it would be an old phrase, since the gma that passed down the recipe died in the late 1890's! And yes, the noodle dough is rolled out and then you cut squares, about 2-3 inches in size. Drop them in a rolling boil chicken stock (we still cook a chicken all day then debone it). It's GOOD!

And if someone wants the recipe, you can direct them to me.

yep, that's the way they say to do it. Leave the whole chicken to simmer all day, then use the stock to boil your noodles in :)

Small world, eh?

Lots of folks say Do you know what I mean. If I knew what they meant they wouldn't have to tell me. There are a lot of crazy sayings around here. Guess it depends on where you live.

But I think you're winning the battle - my spell check DARES to underline in red words like 'colour', 'customise', 'labour' and 'mitre', even though I've spelled them correctly! :shock: :lol:

I hear people saying "deja vu all over again." Deja vu means "all over again"! Saying "deja vu all over again" is the same as saying "all over again all over again." "Deja vu" by itself suffices.

Mine too!

Maybe we should start a rebellion of our own Mel! Do you call the stuff you put in the middle of a quilt 'batting' or 'wadding' BTW?