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Vienna Waltz or Vienna Sausages?
10/19/2009, Submitted by Roland T. Flakfizer
Vienna Waltz 56.4%
Vienna Sausages 43.6%
39 votes
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12 comments for Vienna Waltz or Vienna Sausages?
emilyisabella said:
2009-10-19 01:33:21, posting from 72.79.208.245
ahem . . . Viennese
Shouldn't it be waltzes vs. sausages or waltz vs. sausage?
What sausage? Like bratwurst, knackwurst, etc.?
I should have posted as anonymous. I'm just being an instigator. The word "sausages" always makes me think of "Snausages." To Gia: When using a quotation mark for a purpose other than ending a quote, does the punctuation (in this case a period) still go before the last quotation mark? Let's just pretend I don't have access to Google.
nsismybf said:
2009-10-19 01:52:58, posting from 76.23.243.206
The waltz reminds me of The Sound of Music, which is a sweet memory for me. Bring on the Edelweiss! I usually don't like sausage, so naaaahhhhh.
mama K said:
2009-10-19 02:30:06, posting from 75.218.164.136
LOL @ emily. I chose sausages. Yummmm!
Roland T. Flakfizer said:
2009-10-19 05:23:14, posting from 216.25.244.130
Ok, watching a couple do the Vienna Waltz can be a pleasant sight but...
Little Vienna Sausages...The pig of the "pig in a blanket"...
So many to choose from, Armour, Libby's, and my personal favorite,
Hillshire Farm's Little Smokies...Go Meat!
Jeremy Stockwell said:
2009-10-19 06:24:13, posting from 204.11.94.66
MMmmmmm.....Sausages.
[Drools]
michchick said:
2009-10-19 07:03:22, posting from 173.7.148.117
I find it funny that the Waltz was originally considered, outside Vienna, to be a highly improper and scandalous dance. It took quite a few years for it to gain approval outside Austria...even the forward French (though mired in revolution at the time) considered it indecent.
I wonder what those people would think of 'dancing' today....
Gia said:
2009-10-19 07:36:27, posting from 144.118.225.254
Well Emily Isabella, it depends. If you mean in American English, then, yes. If you mean in British English, then, no. With periods, it makes just about as much sense either way. With other punctuation, put them where they seem most logical in the context of the quote.
Someone Who is French said:
2009-10-19 10:29:20, posting from 71.203.250.166
Eh...I picked the Waltz because I HATE vienna sausages.
MaryGayleDeepintheHeartofTexas said:
2009-10-19 12:09:39, posting from 70.124.56.158
Vienna Waltz because I don't like Vienna Sausages which are not even Viennese.
theodopolis13 said:
2009-10-19 12:18:02, posting from 96.229.27.152
@ MGDHT: nor are they really sausages. they're more like little hot dogs.
MaryGayleDeepintheHeartofTexas said:
2009-10-19 18:45:28, posting from 70.124.56.158
Actually any chopped meat in a casing is a sausage even hot dogs. Which reminds me....
One time I was in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, PRC and ordered sausage pizza from my 5 star hotel room service menu. Pizza came, actually had tomato sauce or possibly ketchup, no cheese, and sliced hotdogs.
Says Randy, the This or That? administrator:
2009-10-20 03:19:13
I had a similar experience with sausage in China, Mary Gayle. My friends in Hong Kong took me to a restaurant where they serve "Western" food, and I ordered spaghetti with sausage. It sounded a little odd, yes. I received a plate of very thick spaghetti, no sauce, with a hot dog plopped on the top.