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[-] poinck@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

"I'l have ..." - No, you don't. You may get it, if you ask for it. I hate when people use that snobby way of stating that they already have what they trying to get!

[-] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago

You'd really hate idioms. They don't even make any sense, unlike the phrase here

[-] poinck@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

It depends, I propably won't understand the most english idioms, but I am able to hate the ones in my native language, because some of them are very stupid. ^^

[-] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago

The "I'll have the beef" way of stating an order doesn't come off as rude or imposing. There are only a few ways of saying what you want and people like variety, perhaps it's that which makes it a normal phrase

If you don't like being wrong ("I'll have the spaghetti"; "no you won't, we've sold out") you can use phrases like "may I get ..." or "I would like ..." or in reply to whatever the waiter asks "the pasta marinara" with no introductory words

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