Can you say: "Half Half"

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TheShadow

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Hi,

Can u say:


"We'll buy one big pizza and eat it half half"



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Gillnetter

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Hi,

Can [STRIKE]u [/STRIKE] you say:


"We'll buy one big pizza and eat it half half"



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You could say it, but I don't know what it means. Are you trying to say that we will share the pizza?
 

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If that's what you mean, then say "and we'll each eat half."
 

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In BrE, we'd say "We'll buy one big pizza and eat half each".
 

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You could say that you will split it "50/50." Not "half half."
 
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