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Snappy Posted 16 years ago
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I am a hamburger
"I am a hamburger" is a strange expression. It should be "I'd like a hamburger" if I want to order a hamburger.
A Japanese site explains that it is acceptable in the following conversation. Is that true?
You go to a burger place with some of your friends.
Attendant: May I help you?
A: I'd like a Big Mac.
B: I'd like a hamburger and a small order of fries.
C: I am a cheeseburger.
A Japanese site explains that it is acceptable in the following conversation. Is that true?
You go to a burger place with some of your friends.
Attendant: May I help you?
A: I'd like a Big Mac.
B: I'd like a hamburger and a small order of fries.
C: I am a cheeseburger.
Top answer
That does sound strange. " On the other hand, it might be acceptable to say "I am the cheeseburger" in this context: Waiter brings food. Waiter: Ok so here you go.
- That does sound strange.
- " On the other hand, it might be acceptable to say "I am the cheeseburger" in this context: Waiter brings food.
- Waiter: Ok so here you go.
- Who ordered what?
- A: I got the Big Mac.
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That does sound strange. People might laugh if you said, "I am a cheeseburger."
On the other hand, it might be acceptable to say "I am the cheeseburger" in this context:
Waiter brings food.
Waiter: Ok so here you go. Who ordered what?
A: I got the Big Mac.
B: I got the hamburger and fries.
C: And I'm the cheeseburger.
On the other hand, it might be acceptable to say "I am the cheeseburger" in this context:
Waiter brings food.
Waiter: Ok so here you go. Who ordered what?
A: I got the Big Mac.
B: I got the hamburger and fries.
C: And I'm the cheeseburger.
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Snappy"I am a hamburger" is a strange expression.The only time it would appropriate is, for example, when the server, bringing the sandwiches, might ask, "Now, who's the cheeseburger?", when everyone else had ordered just a plain burger.
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I might truthfully say that - I have lived in the city of Hamburg for the last 30 years, so I'm more entitled than JFK to his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner"...
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SnappyA Japanese site explains that it is acceptable
That's why. Non-native speakers often use English in very strange ways, including mistakes.
SnappyIt should be "I'd like a hamburger" if I want to order a hamburger.
That would be a better way of saying it.
Snappy"I am a hamburger"
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