My wife asked me to make her a round of toast. I put two pieces of bread in. She then said she only asked for one piece i.e. a round. But I think a round is two.

Who is right?

She is.

It doesn’t matter who’s right, she is.

A round of toast = 2 slices.
A piece of toast = 1 slice.

However as a wife she is right.

Nom just decided I need a round of toast Nom

A sandwich is made with two rounds of bread. If she asked for one round of toast, that would be one slice.

Round of toast = 1 slice.

2

A round of toast is one slice.

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Why is it a round when bread is generally square/rectangular?

She is right btw.

It was on QI this… even Stephen Fry didn’t know.

A round of toast is 2 pieces of toast from one slice. A slice cut in half in other words.

1 slice or 2 halves 🙂

So why is a round of beers more than one?

Bit more discussion here

It’s only one beer each though.
Unless you buy multiples, if so where do you drink?

So why is a round of beers more than one?

Because they’re not toast.

Unless you’re making a toast with beer, then it gets very confusing

Two pieces of toast cut from one slice is Melba toast, names after the opera diva Dame Nellie Melba who requested this to help her keep her weight down. And she wasn’t Welsh she was Australian.

What did she want on her toast?

Vegemite?

Why didn’t she ask for a slice?

#firstworldproblems

You did cut it in half the ‘right way’ didn’t you?

My OH always wants a slice and a half and considers this as a round of toast.

Two pieces of toast cut from one slice is Melba toast, names after the opera diva Dame Nellie Melba who requested this to help her keep her weight down. And she wasn’t Welsh she was Australian.

Close but no cigar.

A round of toast is one slice.

ernie_lynch – Member

A round of toast is 2 pieces of toast from one slice. A slice cut in half in other words.

It’s a different world south of Stockport, isn’t it?
🙂

A round of toast is a toaster-full, so it depends whether you’re running a 2, 4 or 8 slicer. For more info consult your butler.

Depends, are you in Wales?

A “round” of bread comes from the way bread was baked before industrial baking where tins were first used. Bread was shaped prior to baking into a mound type pile and then baked. It generally came out “round” or circular. So a round was a whole loaf.

Also because bread was often placed directly on to hot coals the bottom would burn and become black. The top crust of the bread was then the most desirable and would be served to the higher ranking members of the tribe / clan / group / family. These were then given the nick name “the upper crust”.

The Wife has just said a round IS 2 slices of toast or a 2 slice sandwich. I’m not arguing..

definitely 1 round = 1 slice.

But if I had any confusion about the matter I’d have asked the wife ‘how many slices do you want?’

A round is how many fit in the toaster. One slice is hardly worth the effort to make.

Honestly she knew exactly how many slices she wanted and told you. It’s not her fault you didn’t listen 😉

2 slices is a round

OP’s wife is right.

Also because bread was often placed directly on to hot coals the bottom would burn and become black. The top crust of the bread was then the most desirable and would be served to the higher ranking members of the tribe / clan / group / family. These were then given the nick name “the upper crust”.

Which is a theory generally described as “Internet twaddle” 😉

Round = Two slices for a sandwich, one slice for toast or bread.

So a round of sandwiches is one sandwich??

Yes, but no, here’s some pics to help you out.

nealglover – Member

Which is a theory generally described as “Internet twaddle”

Which was taught to me by my primary school teacher, so pre-dates the internet by quite some time. 😉