Elizabeth spotted this in a London market. I guess there are various degrees of warmness. And spellings of pita.
"Banheiro" "quebrado"
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7 comments:
Oh, this makes me squeamish. How did they get the 'pitta' warm? Did they flatten the thing under their upper arm or something?
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Love the blog obviously :)
"Pitta" is a perfectly acceptable spelling and is in fact the more common one in the UK where this sign is from. To see for yourself do a Google for pitta- mostly UK sites, including the BBC etc- search for pita and it's nearly all US sites. On the packet of pitta bread from a UK supermarket which is in my kitchen, it has 2 ts.
Apologies for pedantry but, ya know, it's what brings some of us here in the first place ;-)
huh. the more you know.
What I'm wondering is why there's three marks and not two on either side of warm...is it like some sort of ultra-quotes?
Gareth, in light of Claire's comment, i think they're not even quotation marks at all. They're heat radiating marks.
ACTUALLY, a quick of google gave me this: Pittas are a family, Pittidae, of passerine birds mainly found in tropical Asia and Australasia, although a couple of species live in Africa. (from Wikipedia)
and this:
What is Pitta?
Pitta is made up of the two elements fire and water.
The most revered ayurvedic text, the Charaka Samhita, defines the characteristics of Pitta dosha: hot and a little unctuous (sahasnehamushnam); sharp, burning (tikshnam); not hot to the touch, but it can be the source of flames. (from AyerBalance)
So, i guess pitta ARE "warm"....
I'm with Claire here. Pitta is an OK spelling in England and also, not that anyone asked, in Germany.
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