Thread: I'm stumped. HELP~

Quote: Originally Posted by RF Pete, that is absolutely disgusting. Hey, don't knock it until you've tried it.. and don't knock it after as well.

Countdown to the Captain hiring RF as his publicity manager....

Quote: Originally Posted by Benexpat No. People can cook. For the last time, I don't want the cheese sandwich you've been warming under your armpit.

I had a similar discussion with students today, to which I concluded to them that English is stupid. Too many autre-language influences that nothing makes any logical sense.

A cooker is something like a bit kettle for cooking whole chickens isn't it?

A cooker, as in a small stove, does indeed cook, just like an oven bakes and a pan fries. The name of the person doing the cooking, however, happens to be cook or chef.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tarkaan And YBS is right. A chef does not cook. Ovens cook. A chef / cook prepares ingredients. Teachers teach. Runners run. Swimmers swim. Players play. Ovens cook. No. People can cook. What a kook.

Quote: Originally Posted by RF Pete, that is absolutely disgusting. You just made me want to watch it. Too bad the internet connection at work is too garbage for a 10 minute video.

Pete, that is absolutely disgusting.

Quote: Originally Posted by Wondering Hassan had a great question for me today...he wants to know why he can't use "cooker". His sentence was, "My mother is a great cooker". His reasoning? A teacher teaches. A runner runs. A swimmer swims. So, why not, "A cooker cooks"?? I am completely stumped as to the reasoning behind why we say "a cook" and not "a...