tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post7625871316177806217..comments2024-03-28T18:35:54.237+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: a visit to 9 OunceKevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-52220760272292684882016-07-21T21:46:32.389+09:002016-07-21T21:46:32.389+09:00My brief review is up. Even updated the RSS feed t...My brief review is up. Even updated the RSS feed this time!Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-89927363593543243462016-07-21T11:31:42.391+09:002016-07-21T11:31:42.391+09:00Good grief, Kevin, no one has ever called me a gen...Good grief, Kevin, no one has ever called me a gentleman before! I am at a complete loss for words ... except to say, "Thank you".TheBigHenryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917973198063733316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-5282975042061496682016-07-21T11:10:14.403+09:002016-07-21T11:10:14.403+09:00Charles,
re: terminology
If the official name is...Charles,<br /><br />re: terminology<br /><br />If the official name is "9 Ounce Burger," then score one for Henry, who is too much of a gentleman to press the issue. It occurred to me, after I'd written my earlier response, that "ounce" is also singular, indicating that the phrase is exactly what I said it shouldn't be—a phrasal adjective. After all, no one says "a nine-<i>ounces</i> burger."<br /><br />So this round goes to Henry. Break out the piñata!Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-17128422888709751932016-07-21T09:56:19.663+09:002016-07-21T09:56:19.663+09:00My burger was the Tongue Tied, although it was a d...My burger was the Tongue Tied, although it was a difficult choice between that and the Rucola, which is also very good. I've had the Four Seasons as well, which is good, but sort of difficult to eat because of the thick slabs of cheese that are stacked on top. I think it's more of a fork-and-knife burger, which is why I tend to not order--burgers should be picked up and eaten.<br /><br />The fries are definitely symbolic, although I think it's nice that they do toss you a few when they have separate fries on the menu. Maybe we should have ordered an extra side of fries to split. I probably could have done that instead of my beer and been better off.<br /><br />Oh, I don't know if you noticed, but they also have milkshakes. They're good, but they are very filling. HJ and I ordered a milkshake once, and that was enough. I like to focus on the burger.<br /><br />As for the name, we've always just thought of it (and called it) "9 Ounce." I guess "burger & fries" might be part of the name, but I always thought of it as a descriptor. (Just did a little digging around, and it appears that the official name of the resto is "9ounce Burger.")<br /><br />By the way, I think the pics came out pretty nice, blurriness on that one shot aside. I especially like the shot of the sign out front. Still kind of annoyed that I forgot my camera. I'll be directing folks here for photographic goodness when I put up my review this evening.Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-10805647200463564882016-07-21T01:50:04.146+09:002016-07-21T01:50:04.146+09:00I agree that that would make the singular sound mo...I agree that that would make the singular sound more sensible, but it would be at the cost of turning the phrase "nine-ounce" into a mere phrasal adjective modifying "burger and fries" instead of a proper-noun phrase that is the name of the restaurant.<br /><br />So my reading of "9 Ounce" would be like the phrase "Blue Point" in the locution<br /><br />Blue Point<br />Burgers and Fries<br /><br />It's not that we're eating "blue-point burgers": it's that we're eating burgers at a joint called Blue Point.<br /><br />True—I did eat a nine-ounce burger, but it was at a joint named 9 Ounce. <br /><br />(Now, if the correct full name of the resto is indeed "9 Ounce Burger and Fries," then I fully concede your point because the grammar works just the way you say it does.)<br /><br />My reading, anyway, for what it's worth.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-31455258884264977992016-07-21T01:20:39.208+09:002016-07-21T01:20:39.208+09:00Kevin,
"The singular "burger" seem...Kevin,<br /><br />"The singular "burger" seems a bit odd"<br /><br />It is less odd if you read the entire sign, "9-ounce Burger and Fries".TheBigHenryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917973198063733316noreply@blogger.com