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Perfect Stranger Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Vocabulary question - for takeaway?

Hello there,

Is the following sentence correct?

If you don't mind, I'd like my burger for takeaway.

Do we say for takeaway? Should there by a dash between take and away or perhaps a space?

Thanks
  

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Perfect Stranger o we say for takeaway? Should there by a dash between take and away or perhaps a space? I don't say that at all, so they both sound strange.

— Mister Micawber

  • Perfect Stranger o we say for takeaway?
  • Should there by a dash between take and away or perhaps a space?
  • I don't say that at all, so they both sound strange.
  • I'd like my burger to take out.
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Perfect Strangero we say for takeaway? Should there by a dash between take and away or perhaps a space?
I don't say that at all, so they both sound strange.

I'd like my burger to take out.
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My co-worker (he's an Irishman) said to me those words 15 minutes ago... so... I was wondering if the combination of for and takeaway is possible...
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Well, what he said is obviously a phrase he is accustomed to saying and hearing.

Where I live, I'd say eg I'd like it to go.

Clive
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It is normally to takeaway.

Saying "for takeaway" would be a non-standard, variation.
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In the United States, food picked up at a restaurant and eaten elsewhere is takeout. In the U.K., the word is takeaway. Neither is right or wrong. It is simply a dialectal difference.

Canadian writers favor takeout, though takeaway appears occasionally in Canadian publications. Australians and New Zealanders use takeaway.

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"to take away" or "for takeaway", though being N.American myself I would use 'to take out' / 'for takeout'. Hyphen is optional, sure, it's one of those terms currently in a transition from two words to one.
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Anonymous"for takeaway", though being N.American myself
No. Outside North America, that is odd and unnatural.
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