Otome Danshi ni Koisuru Otome - Vol. 3 Ch. 298 - That's Not Food

[MangaDex]

 

[sherish]

Learning to cook for mayu? Hmmmm

 

[Chuggoth]

Microwaveables?

 

[Skankyslack]

@Chuggoth probably the kind of food you just stick in the microwave without needing to do anything else ie: Microwave dinners

 

[Chuggoth]

@Skankyslack The word sounds quite silly anyways.
Is it a literal translation of the japanese word or something people actually say?

 

[lightingcloud]

what is he, a university student?

@Chuggoth I have no idea if that's a legit english word, but having basic knolwedge of the language should be enough to understand a made-up word like this one

EDIT: but then again, it's a legit word https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/microwavable#English

 

[Chuggoth]

@lightingcloud
Pluralized adjectives sound silly.

 

[lightingcloud]

@Chuggoth english is a wonderful language because anything can become a noun or a verb or whatever

 

[GodGinrai]

@lightingcloud Not really... when someone uses a word as a different part of speech, it doesn't become that part of speech. Instead, the person should be criticized for using incorrect grammar.

 

[ChristineGuinn]

@GodGinrai - Adjectives as nouns is common in English. It may be hard for some non-native speakers to understand, but that's the way it is.

Examples:

The meek shall inherit the Earth.
The rich are privileged.
Both young and old alike had a wonderful time.

 

[arcsalvo]

His "wife" husband points are going down with this lack of cooking skill.

 

[nyasumi13]

Kei wearing bra, huh

 

[MacMeaties]

At least it wasn't boil in the pot noodles or pasta.

 

[GodGinrai]

@ChristineGuinn No, those adjectives do not become nouns. Those subjects have implied nouns.

Adjectives as Nouns

Adjectives are often used as nouns. The specific cases are:

Ellipses of Noun Phrases: Ellipsis is the shortening of a phrase. In this case, we specifically look at noun phrases. Adjectives can act as nouns and can be a subject, object, or complement in a sentence.

Lets us look at the following examples:

'The intelligent are not arrogant'
‘The meek shall inherit the earth.'
‘The old and the young were evacuated from the building.’
‘The rich are privileged.’

‘The rich’, the intelligent’, the meek’, ‘the old’, and ‘the young’ are adjectives acting as nouns. The full noun phrases could be:

‘The intelligent (people) are not arrogant’.
'The meek (humans) shall inherit the earth.’
‘The old (men) and the young (children) were evacuated from the building.’
‘The rich (people) are privileged.’

In the examples illustrated above, the adjectives acting as nouns form a part of the subject.

Further using the above examples as objects:

‘He is a lover of the intelligent’.
‘She has an eye for the rich’,
‘He is a veteran amongst the young.’

The complete sentences could be:

‘He is a lover of the intelligent (being)’.
‘She has an eye for the rich (men) ’,
‘He is a veteran amongst the young (students).’

Remember:

The definite article ’the’ is combined with these adjectives so that they can be used as nouns.
These adjectives are always plural and take a plural verb.

Thus, to pluralize, you would need to add the implied noun so that you could pluralize that.

Btw, I am a native English speaker. Just because someone doesn't agree with your view of the language doesn't mean you should accuse them of being a foreigner.

 

[Shampooh]

wow who ever heard of someone using a half-made up word with imperfect grammar casually
surely nobody would ever do something like that

 

[ChristineGuinn]

@GodGinrai - Where did I actually accuse you of being a foreigner? Now you’re lying. I said non-native speakers sometimes have trouble with the concept, and yes, if you were to diagram those sentences, the adjectives WOULD be understood as nouns. And no, to pluralize you do not always need to add the implied noun. Rich, meek, old, and young are all understood as plural in the examples I cited. Did you not read the last two sentences you copied?

The definite article ’the’ is combined with these adjectives so that they can be used as nouns.
These adjectives are always plural and take a plural verb.

BTW - Nice copy and paste.

 

[GodGinrai]

@ChristineGuinn Claiming something is common and that it "may be hard for non-native speakers" would be pointless fluff unless you were referring to me, so yes, you were implying that I was not a native English speaker.

And, of course, I read the entire section I quoted. I'm very much aware that it says the adjectives are being used as nouns. And as it states at the very beginning, these are adjectives acting as nouns, not becoming them. Note also that the second sentence (which you quoted) points out that when they act as nouns, they are always treated as plural, which is why I included that portion. (Because this whole argument started because they were trying to make "Microwaveable" plural)

 

[SilverBarnOwl]

Hey, has anybody seen my pizza around here? He's about two feet tall with a serious bite, but a real friendly little guy once you get to know him. I was getting the mail when he made a break for it. You'll know him when you see him, yellow with pepperoni spots. Anyway if ya see him let me know, I want to get him inside before it's too cold.

 

[usousagi]

Besides all that, microwaveables generally refer to utensils and stuff that is microwave safe. Microwaveable means it is safe in a microwave, rarely did this ever pertain to food but what the food was on or in.

Either way it gets the point across that his skills end at put food things in magic box, press button, and serve. Though, that is more skilled than many men and women I know who manage to set fire to the magic box or otherwise ruin the food or the microwave.

 

[Glomoro]

Microwave food is pretty dreadful. Follow the oven directions on many of those same food items for best results.



Well, better results. Best results is probably not buying and eating all that frozen food. But I'll tell you the same thing I told my doctor, I'll eat what I want since we're all dying sooner than later anyway.