Pandora,
You're doing great with the English language. As it's been said, it's "What do you call ...?" or "How do you say ...?" English and all languages are full of thousands of nuances that just have to be memorized. I'm having a hard time learning all the A and O endings of Spanish nouns that just come automatically to a native speaker. (I don't know much Italian, but I'm guessing it's the same with noun endings. Automatic to you, and driving me crazy.) So you're doing better with English than I am with Spanish.
If it wasn't for that little Norman invasion almost a thousand years ago, the language of England and The States would be a bit more logical. You know what they say about England and the U.S.: Two countries separated by a common language.
Just to drive you nuts, in the U.S. and alarm going on and an alarm going off mean the same thing. But once it goes either on or off, you have to turn it off. We know it makes absolutely no logical sense, but that's just the way it's said.
As I say to my friends who are not native English speakers when they ask why it's a particular way: Welcome to the English language.
You're doing great.
Ken
P.S. Sorry, no food content.
How do you call.... 1000Pandora, Hey, no problem. I've been called much worse. Since you said you want to learn English, and we're talking about things that don't make...
