optimistic pessimist
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Dear all,
I'd like to ask native speakers of English if they use the word "delicious" to refer to good taste of food.
In my impression, native English speakers tend to say, "This tastes good" rather than "This tastes delicious" or "This is delicious". So I asked an American guy who was born and raised in LA if he says "delicious". His reply was more extreme than I had expected. He said he had almost never used the word "delicious" before becoming an English teacher. (Currently he is in his early forties.) To him, "This tastes delicious" and "It is delicious" sound like very textbook style expressions.
Do you agree with him? Is "delicious" a word that is hardly ever used by native speakers in real communication?
Thank you!
OP
I'd like to ask native speakers of English if they use the word "delicious" to refer to good taste of food.
In my impression, native English speakers tend to say, "This tastes good" rather than "This tastes delicious" or "This is delicious". So I asked an American guy who was born and raised in LA if he says "delicious". His reply was more extreme than I had expected. He said he had almost never used the word "delicious" before becoming an English teacher. (Currently he is in his early forties.) To him, "This tastes delicious" and "It is delicious" sound like very textbook style expressions.
Do you agree with him? Is "delicious" a word that is hardly ever used by native speakers in real communication?
Thank you!
OP
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