Celebrity Chefs

[YoungWillz 19,099]

21 minutes ago, Toast said:

 

Alumnus.  Singular.  A female would be an alumna.

Which prompts me to wonder if we would get into trouble over using these m/f variations nowadays.

Alum solves the issue.

 

There's language development for everything, as it should be. 

[msc 17,762]

34 minutes ago, Toast said:

 

Alumnus.  Singular.  A female would be an alumna.

Which prompts me to wonder if we would get into trouble over using these m/f variations nowadays.

 

Although "and another" in that sentence means they are not a singular person in the sense Bibliogryphon is using, and therefore "alumni" is an understandable alternative (as in several Strictly alumni have now died), but that's another whole can of worms entirely and remember the golden rule of grammar: clarity is king. Or queen. 

 

 

[Toast 14,847]

14 minutes ago, msc said:

Although "and another" in that sentence means they are not a singular person in the sense Bibliogryphon is using, and therefore "alumni" is an understandable alternative (as in several Strictly alumni have now died), but that's another whole can of worms entirely and remember the golden rule of grammar: clarity is king. Or queen.

 

I think the sense of "another" in that sentence is singular as compared with   "and another of the Strictly Come Dancing Alumni" which is explicitly plural.

[RoverAndOut 3,478]

To bring this back to topic, it is very sad. I hadn't read too much into the specifics but assumed because he was back on the road with Si, then he was on the mend. Could easily have lost Si too a decade ago with the brain tumour. Seem like really nice blokes who clearly enjoy each other's company very much and love food. A gentle soul. Rest in Peace, Dave.

[YoungWillz 19,099]

Joe Shannon, Irish TV chef mentioned here on and off reportedly dead: https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/celebs/ireland-ams-joe-shannon-dies-28750705

 

DDP pick.

[Spade_Cooley 9,022]

Went long on him because I didn't think anywhere that had covered his illness was a Yahoo loophole route. We shall see.

[drunkasaskunk 164]

4 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Went long on him because I didn't think anywhere that had covered his illness was a Yahoo loophole route. We shall see.

I am glad I am not the only one that thinks of YAHOO as a LOOPHOLE

 

[Octopus of Odstock 1,861]

3 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Went long on him because I didn't think anywhere that had covered his illness was a Yahoo loophole route. We shall see.

 

I didn't go for him - not for that reason as proved with K Cavanagh - but because his terminal cancer was manageable and not one of those serious ones. 

I'm as shocked as one can be with the death of someone with terminal cancer.

[gcreptile 10,234]

Bobby Rivers, pioneering Black food critic and Food Network show host has died at 70:

https://uk.style.yahoo.com/bobby-rivers-pioneering-film-critic-021548622.html

[drol 10,058]

I'm still hopeful one day I will open this thread and it will be Jiro Ono dead.

[Ulitzer95 11,085]

11 minutes ago, gcreptile said:

Bobby Rivers, pioneering Black food critic and Food Network show host has died at 70:

https://uk.style.yahoo.com/bobby-rivers-pioneering-film-critic-021548622.html

Am I missing something? He died last year.

[gcreptile 10,234]

10 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Am I missing something? He died last year.

Damn, yahoo keeps dredging up old deaths, or google news does through yahoo... at least, it hadnt been posted before.

[RetroGamer47 119]

ABC TV chef and host of Consuming Passions Ian Parmenter Dead at 79.