I can't take it anymore. (cartoon, quote, dictionary)

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by Copanut

Ok, so was I write or wrong?

You were write!

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by sargentodiaz

Shouldn't that be - please advise ?

Of course! Copanut is having fun.

[jtur88]

Is it pad or pat of butter?

According to the dictionary, it's "pat".

pad:
7. any of various level surfaces or flat-topped structures, such as a launch pad

pat:
8. a small mass of something: a pat of butter

However, pad would certainly not be incorrect, broadly speaking, and it could be argued that pad is actually betters, since the standard shape of the thing is not merely "a mass", but meets the specific criteria of the "level or flat topped" definition of pad. A dollop of butter would be a pat, but a flat topped shape puts it squarely in the pad category.

Furthermore, the derivation of pat in this sense is something that is "patted into shape", and a pat of butter is cut, not patted into shape.

[Fox Terrier]

Originally Posted by jtur88

Is it pad or pat of butter?

Furthermore, the derivation of pat in this sense is something that is "patted into shape", and a pat of butter is cut, not patted into shape.

I would guess that when butter was churned at home in the long-ago, it was 'patted' into some kind of shape, and that's where the phrase 'pat of butter' came from.

Many of these expressions can be attributed to the past, when things were very much different!

[suzy_q2010]

Originally Posted by jtur88

Is it pad or pat of butter?

According to the dictionary, it's "pat".

pad:
7. any of various level surfaces or flat-topped structures, such as a launch pad

pat:
8. a small mass of something: a pat of butter

However, pad would certainly not be incorrect, broadly speaking, and it could be argued that pad is actually betters, since the standard shape of the thing is not merely "a mass", but meets the specific criteria of the "level or flat topped" definition of pad. A dollop of butter would be a pat, but a flat topped shape puts it squarely in the pad category.

Furthermore, the derivation of pat in this sense is something that is "patted into shape", and a pat of butter is cut, not patted into shape.

Originally Posted by Fox Terrier

I would guess that when butter was churned at home in the long-ago, it was 'patted' into some kind of shape, and that's where the phrase 'pat of butter' came from.

Many of these expressions can be attributed to the past, when things were very much different!

Online Etymology Dictionary

pat, noun:

c.1400, "a blow, stroke," perhaps originally imitative of the sound of patting. Meaning "light tap with hand" is from c.1804. Sense of "that which is formed by patting" (as in pat of butter) is 1754, probably from the verb. Pat on the back in the figurative sense attested by 1804.

[Dirt Grinder]

I just buy a "stick" of butter and avoid the linguistic complexity.

[MoonBeam33]

If I hear one more person pronounce "tour" as "tor" I am seriously going to lose it. The "u" is there for a reason!

[Rubi3]

Originally Posted by Dirt Grinder

I just buy a "stick" of butter and avoid the linguistic complexity.

Would that be an elongated quarter pound block of butter?

[Dirt Grinder]

Originally Posted by Rubi3

Would that be an elongated quarter pound block of butter?

I think it might be a peck of pats.

[Rubi3]

Originally Posted by Dirt Grinder

I think it might be a peck of pats.

Then we're talking about a slew.