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Your characterization of these nationals aside, what makes you think any of them even know what “dish” means in this context? Sincerely, a Malaysian Chinese wh
by Gigablah 7y ago
Your characterization of these nationals aside, what makes you think any of them even know what “dish” means in this context?
Sincerely, a Malaysian Chinese who’s seeing this slang for the first time.
- org3432 7y agoDish is almost an archaic term a this point. So either someone's pretty old grandparents are working for MT, or people are translating a term from another language using an old dictionary.
- notyourday 7y agoIt is colonial (British) English. I heard it again recently and it took me a few moments before I recalled it from my childhood. Apparently now "snack" is used the same way. I would guess the classifiers went to school in India or Pakistan.