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One..
surely the phrase, a 'round' of toast stems from back in the day when tins were expensive and bread was made in cob or round shaped..
and when sliced was round and fitted easily in the toaster.. 
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"How many slices of toast in a round of toast?"
Social conventions dictates a round of toast served in a domestic environment constitutes one slice whereas a round of toast served in a commercial situation involves two slices,,,,
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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One.. I have thus argument with customers every morning.
A portion of toast is 2 slices.
A round of toast is 1 slice.
If you wanted 2 slices, you should've asked for a portion not a round, now shut up and eat it 
It's a touchy subject, apologies for the waitress rage |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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I prefer to refer to one as a slice and a round as two. If I make, or order, a round then I expect two and the ability to share.
You wouldn't say a round of drinks is one drink, would you? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Or can't we just talk in slices?
'I would like 1 slice/ 2 slices please'. This would make it easier.. people seem to get really upset when they are missing a slice of toast  |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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"Or can't we just talk in slices?
'I would like 1 slice/ 2 slices please'. This would make it easier.. people seem to get really upset when they are missing a slice of toast "
I understand why. If you've set your mouth for two and only one is presented you're disappointed and then angry.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Or can't we just talk in slices?
'I would like 1 slice/ 2 slices please'. This would make it easier.. people seem to get really upset when they are missing a slice of toast
I understand why. If you've set your mouth for two and only one is presented you're disappointed and then angry.
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I understand that but sometimes its not clear if they mean one or two and when I ask they look at me like im missing a brain cell  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Or can't we just talk in slices?
'I would like 1 slice/ 2 slices please'. This would make it easier.. people seem to get really upset when they are missing a slice of toast
I understand why. If you've set your mouth for two and only one is presented you're disappointed and then angry.
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If I have a full English I can only manage one slice. If it's to dip in soup, I have two. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I never knew there was such an issue here.
Surely, in a commercial environment, where there is a common ambiguity which leads to customers getting cross, it's in the interests of the establishment and the staff to simply ask if they'd like one slice or two.
And on a menu to use the word "slice". |
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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago
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A "round of toast" is, by definition in Hotel and culinary terms, 2 slices.
Traditionally, toast racks were always made to a minimum size, to accommodate two slices, each cut in half, so that the four halves fitted into the four slots in the rack.
Simples! |
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"One "
That would mean that a round was a slice. As slice is already in existence - it would be a waste of a word.
And - everyone knows that the proper word is 'there' - their, theyre, they're etc. are unnecessary. *Greengrocers apostrophes* are unnecessary as well... (I was going to put apostrophes around that - but decided that that violated the rule)... |
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By *andVB OP Couple
over a year ago
Wrexham |
Having tallied the results we get...
9 for two slices.
7 for one slice and 1 for a single slice cut in half (one assumes diagonally and not across-wise).
We also discover that in most commercial environments a round is considered two slices. Apart from where Raspberry Smoothie works where a round is one and a portion is two!
Toast, it's serious business. |
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