Wednesday, August 18, 2010

quicko: the to-do over do

I just learned that it is really American to use "do" in the context of, say, being at Max Brenner and after some hesitation deciding: "I'll do the brownie!"

Australians would use "have."

And actually I'd recommend not doing the brownie -- it's really a bit too rich. The Belgian waffle is much better.

1 comment:

Laetitia :-) said...

And one needs to be careful about the context in which one uses the word "do" - in certain circumstances it can have a sexual connotation.