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14 Jun 2021
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I just want to know if she actually make sense?
Today l went to buy something to drink, but l was confused by the staff who made the drink.
Me: do you have iced chocolate?
She said: you want just ice or ice cream?
Me: iced chocolate, a drink, not ice cream.
She said: just ice?
Me: *very confused
I was so confused because for me that sounds like asking me if l want a glass full of ice or an scoop of chocolate-flavored ice cream.
Is ice cream actually something else in this context?
I just want to know if she actually make sense?
Today l went to buy something to drink, but l was confused by the staff who made the drink.
Me: do you have iced chocolate?
She said: you want just ice or ice cream?
Me: iced chocolate, a drink, not ice cream.
She said: just ice?
Me: *very confused
I was so confused because for me that sounds like asking me if l want a glass full of ice or an scoop of chocolate-flavored ice cream.
Is ice cream actually something else in this context?
Today l went to buy something to drink, but l was confused by the staff who made the drink.
Me: do you have iced chocolate?
She said: you want just ice or ice cream?
Me: iced chocolate, a drink, not ice cream.
She said: just ice?
Me: *very confused
I was so confused because for me that sounds like asking me if l want a glass full of ice or an scoop of chocolate-flavored ice cream.
Is ice cream actually something else in this context?
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- Country or region Australia
She wanted to know your preferred option for the drink 'Iced chocolate'. Here we make it with 1. ice, chocolate topping, milk, cream on top or 2. vanilla ice cream, chocolate topping, milk, ice, cream on top. It's still different from a milkshake because it doesn't go through a milkshake maker.
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- Country or region Australia
@borbthebird
I agree with @BgillyweedAU
If you ask for an iced chocolate the standard is: chocolate flavoured milk, ice, icecream, & cream.
Some people will ask for it without icecream because it is less sweet.
I like it without cream because I don’t like the fatty feel of the extra cream…but I do like the icecream 😀
A milk shake is chocolate milk blended with icecream and no ice.
A thick shake is a chocolate milkshake with extra icecream 😀
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- Country or region Taiwan
Thank you!
That's so different from what I thought
That's so different from what I thought
- Country or region Australia
@borbthebird
That’s ok 😀 it’s hard to get used to all the little differences when you’re living in another country. It’s the same for us, even in other English speaking places.
Lol actually it’s the same if I moved to a different state! I’d have to learn to use different words while ordering drinks and food.
If I ordered a beer from a pub, they have different names and sizes for glasses which vary from state to state. Lol I’m grateful I don’t drink beer!
But even going to a fish and chip shop they have different names for a disk of fried and battered potato. If you say the wrong word you wouldn’t get what you thought you’d asked for 😀
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