Post by compassrose on Sept 19, 2014 7:41:09 GMT -5
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
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.
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
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
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!
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).