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Sason:
Ah, I see. Thanks Chuck.
brianr:
We do not use the word 'candy'. We would say sweets or lollies. I think 'sweets' is from the UK but many of us might use the term.
I never buy them, I do buy chocolate at the supermarket, so I would never be interested in entering an 'olde sweet shoppe'.
I have small bag of sweets in the glove box of my car (just in case on a long trip) but it must be as old as the car - 10 years ;D
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on August 13, 2020, 03:49:00 pm ---There isn't a difference. "Shoppe" is an older spelling of the word.....but some places have 'shoppe' in their name, perhaps for nostalgia, and this particular store uses that spelling, so that's why I used it. A business may use it like this:
It's similar to 'old' and 'olde', especially with the phrase "Ye Olde" which I'm not sure even existed, businesses may use the to try to appear "quaint".
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They think they can charge more if it's an Olde Shoppe. ;D
Kelda:
Lovely to get caught up on what’s happening with you Chuck.
Like you and Jeff, I don’t see myself being back physically at work before 2021.
Even when we do return, the
Scottish Government, who I work for are obviously being incredibly cautious and sticking to their own rules and guidance, and they have said they are working on the basis of 25% capacity. There are 50 Workspaces in our office so 12 a day suggests well be in at the very most, twice a week.
I have a laptop, and smart phone (which has a divert from my office no) work chair, a keyboard and mouse, a laptop riser and this week I got a monitor delivered so I can go dual screen when I want so im pretty comfortable in terms of set up... we don’t have a dedicated office space in the house so it gets put away every night but it’s fine it doesn’t take too long to do that.
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on August 13, 2020, 05:38:08 pm ---They think they can charge more if it's an Olde Shoppe. ;D
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Same great taste, pay extra for the nostalgia! :laugh:
--- Quote from: brian on August 13, 2020, 04:30:48 pm ---We do not use the word 'candy'. We would say sweets or lollies. I think 'sweets' is from the UK but many of us might use the term. I never buy them, I do buy chocolate at the supermarket, so I would never be interested in entering an 'olde sweet shoppe'. I have small bag of sweets in the glove box of my car (just in case on a long trip) but it must be as old as the car - 10 years ;D
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Some people do call them 'sweets' here, but candy seems to be the 'catch all' term that people use.
The difference with supermarket and sweet shoppe candy is that the supermarket tends to be brand name stuff (Hershey's or Cadbury) while sweet shoppe is homemade on the premises. Also, if you buy a box of chocolates, it tends to be a box of different chocolates. With a sweet shoppe, you can hand pick the chocolates in your box, all the same, or just a few favorites, and none that you don't like. Most of the shoppes will have a case like this, and you just instruct the person behind the counter with what flavors you want.
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