What is the difference between the sentence "Please have a hot dog", and "Please eat a hot dog"? When do we define when to use the term to "have", and to "eat"? Thanks!
2007-09-30 13:46:25 · 8 answers · asked by What T 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I ain't Mexican, and of course I know the difference in general terms. I just need a kind of explanation so that my English beginners students can understand.
2007-09-30 13:59:20 · update #1
Eat: To physically put the food in your mouth and chew and swallow.
Have: You can just have it, but not eat it. What if someone said have a hot dog, but you were vegetarian and you didnt want to say no? You would take/have it but throw it out when he/she was not looking!
2007-09-30 13:54:48 · answer #1 · answered by ®åp Muziκ™ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you simply HAVE a hot dog one does not have to eat it, you can put it in the pocket of your blazer, take it home and place it on top of your television as a decoration. When your friends comment on it you can tell them that it is a piece of surrealist art.
When you are asked to eat the hot dog,.... given you comply to the requesters wishes, you will stick the hot dog (with or without bun, and condiments) into your mouth bite down upon it breaking off a part of the dog with your teeth. Next you will chew upon the piece you have just bit off, until you feel it has been significantly chewed and lubricated (with your saliva) to swallow. You will repeat this process until you have finished eating the hot dog. Upon completion, you may want to say something along the lines of " Dang Y'all that sure were a dang ol' good hot dog" or " Dang Y'all that hot dog tasted like raccoon intestines"
There you go.
2007-09-30 21:04:08 · answer #2 · answered by tb33 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"please have a hot dog" is a very general statement and could mean multiple things. "please eat a hot dog" is specific--it shows you the hot dog is meant to be eaten...this is also how ppl can get away with "half-truths"... for example: someone tells you not to see someone else, so you visit them but close your eyes so you don't physically "see" them :)
2007-09-30 20:56:25 · answer #3 · answered by not_your_average_becca 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Eat"sounds awkward in this sentence. When you ask someone to try food or drink at you table, say "have." No definitions in this case, just suitability.
2007-09-30 20:56:59 · answer #4 · answered by ML 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There the same thing said differently you know?
2007-09-30 20:57:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has the same meaning and dont be confused..ok??
2007-09-30 20:52:00 · answer #6 · answered by jhulia g 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's just semantics
2007-09-30 20:49:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
None u idiot who da **** raised u a mexican ***** please
2007-09-30 20:54:01 · answer #8 · answered by dont run from dis 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋