I am apparently married to an 80-yo

[daisycat]

Slacks reminds me of the 70s polyester, usually paid pants. In fact, I don't think you can call those anything other than slacks.

As for blouse, isn't that just a more specific category of shirt? Like a woman's dress shirt? I' use it to describe my dress button shirts for work.

And I remember the davenport my parents had when I was a kid. So comfy for naps.


Maybe I'm just old too.

[shopgirl07]

A Chesterfield is a particular type of sofa and it is fabulous.

I also say glove box. But never slacks :shivers:.

[sangria]

My H says golly sometimes.

I don't know if that makes him old or Andy Griffith.

He likes werther originals and ginger ale too.

Wtf

[joenali]

I don't really hear people saying drapes. It's curtains.

[ErinExpat]

My mom says baby carriage.

My dad says slacks, dungarees and long pants.

[compassrose]

I agree that a blouse is just a kind of women's dress shirt. I would probably only refer to a non-cotton work shirt that way. Like this (which came up when I googled 'Loft Blouse'):



I agree that I think of 70s-style polyester pants as slacks, too.  

I thought glove box was just a lazy way to say 'compartment.'

On the East Coast, I more often heard 'carriage' for 'shopping cart' than anything else. 

Wikipedia confirms my impression that a den refers to a specific room in a house, not a family room: Den (room), a part of a house similar to the living room: a den is about the size of a living room, but smaller than a family room

My grandmother says pocketbook and billfold. 

[cuddlyevil]

Sept 19, 2014 7:11:32 GMT -5 nuggetbrain said:

Sept 18, 2014 23:11:07 GMT -5 sangria said:

My H says golly sometimes.

I don't know if that makes him old or Andy Griffith.

He likes werther originals and ginger ale too.

Wtf

Werthers and Canada Dry 4 lyfe.

One of my best days in recent memory was when I took the kids out for pizza and they had vanilla Canada Dry--the kids were all "WTF Mom?" and I was all "BUT IT"S VANILLA!"

I will say slacks, pocketbook, drapes, and jalopy. But not all at once.

#Oldpeopleproblems

[CurlyQ284]

My SIL calls bedding "bed clothes"

[bittybomb]

I did not know "den" was reserved for old people?

My dad uses dungarees and bureau. 

[Deleted]

I feel like I just went back fifty years hah. H still can't get over my "Britishisms"

Settee
Lounge
Trousers
Pants (as in underwear)

I could go on and on and on...

[leeluu]

I say hassock instead of ottoman.

And yes, carriage is totally a new england thing.

[Deleted]

My husband once said "Can you do the rubbish" I almost lost it. Okay grandpa

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Sept 18, 2014 19:55:32 GMT -5 lilafowler said:

OMG I love saying slacks and dungarees!

My mom still says dungarees.

I had a good friend in college that said dungarees. Slacks is funny and blouse

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Sept 18, 2014 16:44:38 GMT -5 everyjuan said:

Ha!

H called his money clip a billfold the other day. Ok, while I appreciate your effort to sound fancy/use a word you've never used before, isn't that a word for wallet? You know, something that... actually folds? lol. But what do I know.

My grandma said billfold. And my mom never did but now she does. It must be an old thing

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Sept 18, 2014 16:56:48 GMT -5 lo said:

Does anyone else call a stroller a "baby carriage?" I'm trying to figure out if this is a MA thing (live in NY now), or an old person saying.

baby carriage doesn't sound that weird to me

[Deleted]

Heres one for you. I said this the other day at work and people from out of state were guffawing at me.

Context:
"So I told my husband get the clothes down cellar and I can fold them"

So they said "down cellar? wth is that?"
Um its in the cellar.
So why can't you say Get your clothes in the cellar and I can fold them
I don't know
Do you say "Go up bedroom and make the bed?
No
Okay then

[cuddlyevil]

Sept 19, 2014 14:05:24 GMT -5 leeluu said:

I say hassock instead of ottoman.

And yes, carriage is totally a new england thing.

I used to say hassock, I don't anymore maybe I've been Ohio too long?

[lo]

Sept 19, 2014 14:36:46 GMT -5 @sloanpeterson said:

Sept 18, 2014 16:56:48 GMT -5 lo said:

Does anyone else call a stroller a "baby carriage?" I'm trying to figure out if this is a MA thing (live in NY now), or an old person saying.

baby carriage doesn't sound that weird to me

I didn't have a clue it was "weird" until I had a baby and several people have been "wtf??" when I've referred to it as a baby carriage.

[meij]

My mom says hassock instead of ottoman and occasionally davenport for sofa.

I used to say slacks until someone was like WTF grandma.

[mushmouse]

Sept 18, 2014 19:02:38 GMT -5 @cse1960 said:

ok, for real, I say:

sofa
pocketbook
glove box 
ice box 
curtains (rather than drapes) 
soda crackers (not saltines) 
soda (not pop) 
billfold
baby carriage

I say ice box but maybe I've tried to stop recently. lol.  I also don't think carriage is weird.  And I say 'tin foil' and my husband just commented on that.  But he thinks I'm delightfully old fashioned  and would never say I'm old!

[mushmouse]

OK, I'm making a ruling here. People with small vocabularies claim others are old when they use words they don't understand!

[CloudBee]

My husband has been known to talk like this. He grew up with older parents.

[cosmowife]

Sept 19, 2014 7:41:09 GMT -5 compassrose said:

On the East Coast, I more often heard 'carriage' for 'shopping cart' than anything else. 

I do this - I was born in and lived in CT until I was 8. I was beginning to think I was completely nuts for saying "carriage" at the supermarket since I've never heard anyone other than my mother say this. I am glad that you confirmed that this is an east coast thing (or more likely, a New England thing probably).