I still say supper. I grew up in a farming community where dinner was the noon meal and the biggest meal of the day. Supper was lighter and in the evening.
We had the same. Breakfast, dinner (bigger) at midday, supper (lighter) at about 5 or 6, then lunch before bed (something lighter like cereal or toast, usually)
My mom, who is only 65 now, said “brassiere” and “bosoms” when I was growing up. And of course I used those words around my classmates and they thought I was a complete weirdo. She also sometimes calls someone’s boyfriend or random date a “beau.”
My grandma will be 99 in a couple weeks. She says “supper.” And pronounces bottle as “bah-el.” Originally from Rhode Island and then moved to New Jersey.
ETA: and my H just reminded me that my mom calls her living room “the parlor.” And she also said “bloomers” for underwear.
My parents (Boomers) call it that so that's what I thought it was called until H looked at me like I had 3 heads when he heard me refer to it that way.
Also from my parents: ditty bag - toiletries bag. Same response from H too.
My parents (Boomers) call it that so that's what I thought it was called until H looked at me like I had 3 heads when he heard me refer to it that way.
Also from my parents: ditty bag - toiletries bag. Same response from H too.
I've heard ditty bag for toiletry bag too.
Anyone who's worked in a bar would know that jockey box refers to the centrally-located holder of all your well liquors for making quick cocktails. I worked in a few restaurants that would use them for cooking wines as well.
Post by somersault72 on Aug 7, 2020 19:06:43 GMT -5
My dad has ALWAYS called his wallet a billfold (though pronounced with out the "d" like a previous poster mentioned). He's 65. He also used cloth handkerchiefs until like 5 or 10 years ago, and I think that's because my mom couldn't find them anymore.
Post by MixedBerryJam on Aug 7, 2020 19:19:28 GMT -5
One of my kids has informed me that “supper” and “rubbish” are old person words. These are normal words, right? He says I’m the only person who uses them anymore. (Or is he just lying to me, since I just mentioned him in the lying thread)
No, but DH’s girlfriend before me was Canadian and her parents called their couch a chesterfield.
That’s pretty common in certain regions in Canada. I alternate between chesterfield and couch/sofa. Also, I think that for me, a chesterfield is more of an old school style, like something that would have been covered in plastic at an elderly relative’s house.
Yes, a chesterfield is what my grandparents had - a big, squashy couch with that brown and orange floral pattern.
Sack as in "Put your groceries in the sack." Sack=bag Paper sack=paper grocery bag brown sack=paper grocery bag brown paper sack=paper grocery bag Poke=paper grocery bag brown poke=paper grocery bag brown paper poke=paper grocery bag Hosepipe (correctly pronounced Hoze Piiiiiiiipe)=garden hose
Can you tell I worked in a grocery store in the south as a teenager? I heard every old timey word for "bag" there was from our older customers. This was back when you'd get asked if you wanted "plastic or paper bags?" Someone would say to put it in a brown bag. Both our plastic and paper bags were brown. I'd reach for a plastic bag, and they'd say "no--the sack." 16 year old me would get confused.
My father said billfold, although, it was more like “billfoal”. He has a lot of quirky expressions, that I never really thought about. I assumed it was an Appalachian dialect thing.
And ottomans were hassocks in our house. Mentally, I categorized a ottoman as something more furniture like, with a frame, and a hassock more of a stuffed, cushion foot rest. Because that’s what our hassocks were, but that was probably coincidence.
My grandma was always a breakfast, dinner, supper person. Lunch didn’t happen in her house. But, she did stick to the true meaning and dinner was the large meal, with supper being a light meal.
Hassocks are normally round, stuffed and cushion-like with no storage. Ottomans are normally bigger, with a frame/legs and may have storage .
Icebox for a fridge makes sense, because before electric refrigeration they used to literally have an ice man come around and put a giant block of ice into the icebox to keep things cold. Old timey iceboxes are kind of neat looking.
Also now that it's not 1 am I looked up my claims.
Davenports were a series of sofas made by the A. H. Davenport company, and the name got genericized. (There is also apparently a type of writing desk called a Davenport, not made by this same company. They have an angled lift top, and lots of drawers.)
Chesterfields are actually a style of sofa, not a brand, with high arms and tufted backs, like this:
This is fun. But I'm also a nerd.
I have an ice box that is almost identical to that one! I use it to store canned goods but the lady who had it before me used to fill it with ice and drinks for parties.
Icebox for a fridge makes sense, because before electric refrigeration they used to literally have an ice man come around and put a giant block of ice into the icebox to keep things cold. Old timey iceboxes are kind of neat looking.
This is fun. But I'm also a nerd.
Nonny, my parents had an icebox just like the one in your picture. I liked it so much as a kid, when I bought my forever home, I went to an auction in MD to buy one. It sits right outside my kitchen, and we keep fireplace supplies in it.
I have one too! I saw a vintage collector post it on Instagram for sale and drove right over and got it.
My parents (Boomers) call it that so that's what I thought it was called until H looked at me like I had 3 heads when he heard me refer to it that way.
Also from my parents: ditty bag - toiletries bag. Same response from H too.
My dad used to say ditty bag. Or sometimes ‘bag of possibles’. Lol. He was born in 1941.
I don’t remember what my grandmother called the couch, but the living room was the parlor. Soda was tonic.
We’re they from MA? These are both very Boston things. For locals. Not so much for the transplants line myself lol. I used to wait tables and someone asked for a tonic and got pissed when I brought them...tonic lol.
I don’t remember what my grandmother called the couch, but the living room was the parlor. Soda was tonic.
We’re they from MA? These are both very Boston things. For locals. Not so much for the transplants line myself lol. I used to wait tables and someone asked for a tonic and got pissed when I brought them...tonic lol.
No, but DH’s girlfriend before me was Canadian and her parents called their couch a chesterfield.
That’s pretty common in certain regions in Canada. I alternate between chesterfield and couch/sofa. Also, I think that for me, a chesterfield is more of an old school style, like something that would have been covered in plastic at an elderly relative’s house.
Chesterfield is a particular style of sofa. But I think it is like saying you need to "hoover" the room instead of vacuum.
My parents (Boomers) call it that so that's what I thought it was called until H looked at me like I had 3 heads when he heard me refer to it that way.
Also from my parents: ditty bag - toiletries bag. Same response from H too.
My dad used to say ditty bag. Or sometimes ‘bag of possibles’. Lol. He was born in 1941.
A ditty bag is what sailors used to call a personal items/misc bag so I bet it came from that. Maybe in the military too?
One of my kids has informed me that “supper” and “rubbish” are old person words. These are normal words, right? He says I’m the only person who uses them anymore. (Or is he just lying to me, since I just mentioned him in the lying thread)
one of my directors from the UK uses supper and rubbish, supper was really odd to me when I heard him talking about it because I have only heard it in the south but when I heard him says rubbish I didn't bat an eye.
My 94-year-old grandmother from the Northeast still calls water fountains “bubblers” and sprinkles (like you’d put on ice cream) “jimmies.” I have no idea if these are old-timey words or just #regional.