nathanb

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Quite unbelievably I was talking to my fiance last night and she informed me she didn't know what a ROUND of bread was until she was 20!!!

She says its only a local expression where I grew up in Wrexham but I'm having none of it. Surely its a common saying across the whole country for a SLICE of bread?

Please participate as I'm starting to doubt myself with this crazy talk!!

SJ_Skyline

No, never heard of it before. Obviously something you northern monkeys have dreamed up

Torquemada

Never referred to a slice of bread as a round, think it may be regional. Think your fiance might be right.
In my household, as a kid a slice of bread was more likely called a 'piece'.

p.s. I haven't voted as there isn't an option that say's 'nope, I haven't heard of it, the op must be thick as mud'

davegtt

Yeah heard of a round of bread but being thick as mud anyway Ive put no I dont know what it is.

Lee247

I've never heard of a round of bread. We just say a slice

EddScott

"How many rounds?"

=

"How many slices?"

Same thing.

Norman D. Landing

Deffo regional.

WRX_Dazza

i've heard of a couple of rounds of toast, with an english brekkie !!!

GC8

Im familiar with the expression used as follows: 'a round of toast', but that doesnt refer to one single slice (the word for which is a slice!). As with a 'round of drinks', it implies more than one (Id expect two slices as it happens...).

Jamz3k

Well i'm from over in n ireland and we say it over here so defo not regional

boxst

I've heard of 'Rounds of Sandwiches' but never just referring to bread on its own.

Steve

Removed.

My mum says it, and she was evacuated to Worksop during the war, whereas my missus hasn't a clue and she's a genuine Cockernee Sparra, so that helps with the regional theory.

windyboy

yeah, what BigJay says, but we also call it a piece, as in "a piece and jam" yum yum

staffs Mike

Same, but that led me to believe a round of bread was actually 2 slices.. oh well..

Gear Head

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Exactly. A round of bread is a round of sandwiches.....or two slices!

If you wanted 2 sandwiches, you wouldn't ask for 4 rounds would you?

Snazy

same in this uninhabited southern region too

zip106

Always been said in our house right from as long as I can remember.
Even my Gran would use the term and she died 15 years ago aged 91.

Midlands region.
And yes, 4 rounds would be 2 sandwiches. (4 slices)

billythekid

Naathen.. how about peawet... chips and peawet mmmmm

WRX_Dazza

bloody hell, you got me thinking now!!! Yeah, id assume 2 slices as a round, on reflection!!!!

WRX_Dazza

you lot call roundabouts, islands!!!!!!!! lol

ianc61

Same here, only heard of a round of sandwiches

HankScorpio

Not here, 4 rounds = 8 slices

GC8

The concencus then, is that a 'round' implies a portion, rather than referring to and being a replacement word for, a slice...

DaveD

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No, I've always thought 1 round of bread = 1 slice of bread.

To make a sandwich would require two rounds of bread (unless you fold one round over)

GC8

Theres still a concencus Dave...

HankScorpio

One round of sandwiches requires two slices.

j4ckos mate

Where did she grow up

wayne9t9

I`ve heard of a round of bread, me mam says it. I also knew someone that said "if I dont see you round, i`ll see you square", but he was a tw@t

DYK

No never heard of a round of bread either,heard of a piece of bread or a slice of bread.why were on the topic of bread,i also know a bakers dozen is 13,but i think most know that one.

billyray911

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[QUOTE=nathanb;8302590]Quite unbelievably I was talking to my fiance last night and she informed me she didn't know what a ROUND of bread was until she was 20!!!

Maybe is time to have a talk with your other half pre wedding,before she drops any more bombshells.
I mean,come on-not knowing what a round is!