Buffy, the coronation chicken

[Icemaiden]

Here's more information about the coronation chicken in Cinderford. Marigold should approve; she's a buff Sussex by the looks of it.

Zoe Ball announces winner of Cinderford's Coronation Chicken

The BBC 2 Breakfast Show host said listeners had become “obsessed” with Cinderford’s plans to crown a chicken

www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk

 

[Margaid]

Here's more information about the coronation chicken in Cinderford. Marigold should approve; she's a buff Sussex by the looks of it.

Zoe Ball announces winner of Cinderford's Coronation Chicken

The BBC 2 Breakfast Show host said listeners had become “obsessed” with Cinderford’s plans to crown a chicken

www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk

Since when have we started using the Americanism "coronated"? It actually means "having a crown or corona", in English there is no verb "to coronate" ...

 

[Icemaiden]

Since when have we started using the Americanism "coronated"? It actually means "having a crown or corona", in English there is no verb "to coronate" ...

I figured that the reporter had just got the word wrong. I didn't know it was an Americanism...

 

[Margaid]

I figured that the reporter had just got the word wrong. I didn't know it was an Americanism...

I've seen it used a couple of times recently. My English teacher used to say "Don't use a long word where a short one would do" although"crowned" isn't much shorter!

 

[Icemaiden]

I've seen it used a couple of times recently. My English teacher used to say "Don't use a long word where a short one would do" although"crowned" isn't much shorter!

It's three syllables shorter...

 

[Margaid]

It's three syllables shorter...

Brain fade!