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message 1: by Isabella, ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴀᴄᴛ-ᴄʜᴇᴄᴋᴇʀ (last edited Aug 19, 2025 11:01AM) (new)

Isabella | 64 comments


debate⠀/dɪˈbeɪt/
noun
1.⠀⠀formal discussion on a particular matter in a public meeting or legislative assembly,
⠀⠀⠀ in which opposing arguments are put forward and which usually ends with a vote.
2.⠀⠀an argument about a particular subject, especially one in which many people are
⠀⠀⠀ involved.

verb
1.⠀⠀argue about (a subject), especially in a formal manner.
2.⠀⠀consider a possible course of action in one’s mind before reaching a decision.

SOURCE, OXFORD LEARNER’S DICTIONARY
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionarie...




ashh ³³ ᵈᵘ ᵈᵘ ᵈᵘ  (adiexe) | 67 comments

i feel like most american/western european foods can but branching off into other cuisines, especially panasian, i feel like it's harder to categorize them.




message 3: by ⛦Sofie☼ (new)

⛦Sofie☼ | 19 comments No, because we have things like fish, meat and rice. I will not say that those things are salads, sandwiches or soup?


message 4: by najma ⊹₊ (new)

najma ⊹₊  (jimasasleep) | 2 comments ⛦Sofie☼ wrote: "No, because we have things like fish, meat and rice. I will not say that those things are salads, sandwiches or soup?"

exactly, it makes no sense to say that, like maaaaybe i can see how rice could be a soup (because like when you eat it with some sauce or whatever it turns into a soup...? maybe) but singular foods such as grains and fruits and vegetables can't, maybe actual meals can? like for example a cake is a sandwhich because it is often between two layers with stuff (whipcream, buttercream, etc) and u eat it like that?


message 5: by ✧Bella✧ (new)

✧Bella✧  | 51 comments

yeah, theer's simply no way that every food could be categorized as one of the three. like, what if you're eating meat but itself? or fruits or vegetables? like, just because you can make a salad, soup or sandwich, with practically everything, that isn't always the way you eat it. like, for example, an apple.




message 6: by ⛦Sofie☼ (new)

⛦Sofie☼ | 19 comments Agreed


✧ aelin - heels, nails, blade, mascara ࿐࿔ (the_real_aelin) | 81 comments

if anyone can categorise dumpling im impressed lol




message 8: by ⛦Sofie☼ (new)

⛦Sofie☼ | 19 comments ✧ aelin - this is for once ࿐࿔ wrote: "if anyone can categorise dumpling im impressed lol"

True


message 9: by ✧Bella✧ (new)

✧Bella✧  | 51 comments

dumplings are dumplings, plain and simple. XD




message 10: by ✩ aurora, ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ-ᴘʀᴏᴠᴏᴋᴇʀ (new)

✩ aurora (sunkissedcassia) | 89 comments

audacious attempt at categorization incominggggg

the only reasonable arguments in favor of a dumpling being a sandwich is the fact that both encase a filling in a starch-based casing, both are portable and bite-sized, and if calzones or empanadas can sneak into the sandwich category, why not dumplings? a crazy stretch of logic that ignores culinary whatever but i meeannnnn




message 11: by ✩ aurora, ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ-ᴘʀᴏᴠᴏᴋᴇʀ (new)

✩ aurora (sunkissedcassia) | 89 comments

(i love this argument. it’s so stupid i have to be so serious about it 😂)




message 12: by ellie, ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʀᴄʜɪᴠᴇ-ᴋᴇᴇᴘᴇʀ (last edited Sep 07, 2025 02:36PM) (new)

ellie (rebelkitten12) | 4 comments

theoretically it could be! Wraps are considered sandwiches right? And that’s like dumplings, multiple ingredients wrapped in something else? So kind of sandwich-esque (I can’t spell sandwich this took too long)




message 13: by ✧Bella✧ (new)

✧Bella✧  | 51 comments

that is so real, I always want to spell it with a t lol




message 14: by ellie, ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʀᴄʜɪᴠᴇ-ᴋᴇᴇᴘᴇʀ (new)

ellie (rebelkitten12) | 4 comments

I was sitting there wondering if it also had another h




message 15: by ✧Bella✧ (new)

✧Bella✧  | 51 comments

why is it that such common words can be so hard to spell? 😅




✧ aelin - heels, nails, blade, mascara ࿐࿔ (the_real_aelin) | 81 comments

dumplings are dumplings 😭




✧ aelin - heels, nails, blade, mascara ࿐࿔ (the_real_aelin) | 81 comments

tell a Chinese person a dumpling is a sandwich it will not go down well lol




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