I'll have an/the oatmeal and bagel with cream cheese. Are both okay?

[B45]

I'll have an/the oatmeal and bagel with cream cheese.

Are both okay?

 

[Jill Dorchester]

No. You would say "I'll have the oatmeal, and a bagel with cream cheese." (If you happen to be ordering breakfast in MikeNewYork's neighborhood, you'd say "and a bagel with a schmear." ;-) )

 

[emsr2d2]

In BrE, at least, it would be perfectly acceptable to just say "I'll have oatmeal please".

 

[MikeNewYork]

What about the bagel and cream cheese?

 

[emsr2d2]

"... followed by a bagel with cream cheese please".

 

[MikeNewYork]

I am having a bagel with lox, onion, tomato and cream cheese, as we speak. :-D

 

[emsr2d2]

That sounds delicious, apart from the lox (brined salmon in BrE) - I'm vegetarian.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Salmon is a vegetable. :lol:

 

[emsr2d2]

On your planet maybe! ;-)

 

[B45]

Sounds delicious!

 

[MikeNewYork]

It was! nfire:

 

[B45]

I am having a bagel with lox, onion, tomato and cream cheese, as we speak. :-D

Lox is a specific type of salmon?

 

[MikeNewYork]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lox

 

[B45]

So cool.