PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 5 days agoGrocery store in Harlem, New York, USA, 1940media.piefed.socialimagemessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1157arrow-down13
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minus-square√𝛂𝛋𝛆@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 days agoYeah, but have you ever seen or heard someone use “delicatessen?”
minus-squarecalliope@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-25 days agoA lot of old (or old style, also sometimes Jewish) delis still use the full word, especially in the eastern U.S. As an example, Katz’s Delicatessen in New York is one of the most famous. Here’s a sign for one in Philadelphia, and here’s one in Baltimore. Outside of that, no. I’m not even sure I saw the full word anywhere else unless they were referring to old east coast delis!
minus-squareDem Bosain@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days agoIt was written above the deli counter at my grocery store.
minus-squareStety@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoYes, as it is a word in my native language, Dutch. It means delicacies if I translated it correctly.
minus-squareCallMeAnAI@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-24 days agoAll the time. Most of of the delis have it in the name.
Yeah, but have you ever seen or heard someone use “delicatessen?”
A lot of old (or old style, also sometimes Jewish) delis still use the full word, especially in the eastern U.S.
As an example, Katz’s Delicatessen in New York is one of the most famous.
Here’s a sign for one in Philadelphia, and here’s one in Baltimore.
Outside of that, no. I’m not even sure I saw the full word anywhere else unless they were referring to old east coast delis!
Yes
It was written above the deli counter at my grocery store.
Yes, as it is a word in my native language, Dutch. It means delicacies if I translated it correctly.
All the time. Most of of the delis have it in the name.