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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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That's a little meat

0Interviewer: Are you a vegetarian?02br
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00Interviewee: Yes. But I eat chicken. <laughs>That's a little meat. 02br
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00I'm quite sure the interviewee means it literally when she says "That's a little meat", but don't see how it fits.02br
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00My best guess would be she only takes chicken so relatively she eats less meat than any non-vegetarian. You could interpret it as chickens have less meat than cows or goats or pigs.02br
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00Any ideas?0-
  

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12br 12br 10Interviewee: Yes. But I eat chicken. <laughs>That's a little meat.

— RayH

  • 12br 12br 10Interviewee: Yes.
  • But I eat chicken.
  • <laughs>That's a little meat.
  • 12br 12br 10My best guess would be she only takes chicken so relatively she eats less meat than any non-vegetarian.
  • 02br 02br 00If someone said this to me I would assume that they have no idea what a vegetarian is or that they are claiming to be a vegetarian as some kind of status symbol but without actually practicing vegetarianism.
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01cite10New2grammar12cite10Interviewer: Are you a vegetarian?12br
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10Interviewee: Yes. But I eat chicken. <laughs>That's a little meat. 12br
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10I'm quite sure the interviewee means it literally when she says "That's a little meat", but don't see how it fits.12br
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10My
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0Hi,02br
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00When she says, "That's a little meat", she just means "That is a little ( ie a small) amount of meat".02br
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00Best wishes, Clive 0-
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