Do you know what this is?

[AGBF]

I received one of these as a wedding gift and, at the time, had no idea what it was!

AGBF

 

[Harleigh]

Date: 8/18/2009 7:10:20 PM
Author: AGBF

Date: 8/18/2009 6:37:51 PM
Author: Harleigh

I just thought of two my grandma used all the time that I know what they are and never quite got:

Breezeway

Davenport

Anyone care to venture a guess?

Breezeway-area between house and garage

Davenport-sofa

AGBF

You''re good, AGBF! Still can''t figure out why a sofa/couch is a davenport, though!

 

[kiett98]

Date: 8/19/2009 11:54:23 AM
Author: AGBF


I received one of these as a wedding gift and, at the time, had no idea what it was!

AGBF

What is it???

 

[gwendolyn]

Date: 8/18/2009 6:07:32 PM
Author: LaurenThePartier

Date: 8/17/2009 3:02:58 PM

Author: gwendolyn

Date: 8/17/2009 2:53:38 PM

Author: TravelingGal

Nope, have no idea om that one!

It''s also food, but not a single ingredient (in case you want to hazard a guess

).




For anyone up for guessing, here are a few non-food items which you may be more familiar with:


boot

bonnet

pavements

torch

a flannel

Aaaaaaannnnnd, I lived in London and hung out with car people almost exclusively in my spare time.

Hahaha, nice!

Then I offer you the same challenge one that I gave TGal--what''s "pieces?" (Scottish)

 

[AGBF]

Date: 8/19/2009 12:26:23 PM
Author: kiett98

Date: 8/19/2009 11:54:23 AM
Author: AGBF


I received one of these as a wedding gift and, at the time, had no idea what it was!

What is it???

C'mon! I'm supposed to tell you already? Do I have no takers?

AGBF

 

[AprilBaby]

Water fountain???

K, I replied before I read to see if I was right. Lives in Madison for a year and Northern Ill now.

 

[treefrog]

Date: 8/19/2009 11:54:23 AM
Author: AGBF


I received one of these as a wedding gift and, at the time, had no idea what it was!

AGBF

Oh come on... every guy knows that''s Maybelline''s new Espresso Roast blush.

 

[AGBF]

I suspect that this photo may come out very, very small, but I hope that it can be seen. It is another view of one of the things I posted above. I understand that the first photo looked like espresso colored blush .

AGBF

 

[treefrog]

A chrome plated wheel! I hope you got a set of 4 and not just one! Those will look great on your vehicle!

No, that's a crazy gift. It's the new Calphalon stainless steel rigatoni strainer!

Ok... seriously...really... it looks like a kitchen sink drain.

 

[GoingCrazy29]

I''m from Indiana and have heard of davenport and sweeper, and I used the term ''breezeway'' when I had one.

We just moved to central PA and have noticed a few funny words. All of my FI''s coworkers say "slippy" instead of "slippery". A gummy band is a rubber band. I''ve heard "cut off the light" instead of "turn off the light" (this can also be used for tv, radio, car, etc). I''m also just blown away by how every restaurant automatically puts french fries on my salads! Its so interesting! We move to Kentucky in a year, so I''m excited to find other regional differences there too!

 

[joflier]

Date: 8/19/2009 11:45:45 PM
Author: AGBF



I suspect that this photo may come out very, very small, but I hope that it can be seen. It is another view of one of the things I posted above. I understand that the first photo looked like espresso colored blush .

AGBF

Candleholder???

 

[treefrog]

Date: 8/20/2009 10:03:55 AM
Author: treefrog
A chrome plated wheel! I hope you got a set of 4 and not just one! Those will look great on your vehicle!

No, that''s a crazy gift. It''s the new Calphalon stainless steel rigatoni strainer!

Ok... seriously...really... it looks like a kitchen sink drain.

Here... I found an exact replica. It''s the Insinkerator flange for a kitchen sink garbage disposer!

 

[AGBF]

OK...more detail on the item I got as a wedding gift. It was sterling silver. The bottom inside was brown and may have been made of wood. (It wasn't made of espresso colored blush.) The bottom was covered with green felt. When I wrote my thank you note I was very careful in my wording. I am sure someone posting here knows what this is! (I know what these are now!) Another clue: these are used on dinner tables!

AGBF

 

[treefrog]

Date: 8/20/2009 12:55:26 PM
Author: AGBF



OK...more detail on the item I got as a wedding gift. It was sterling silver. The bottom inside was brown and may have been made of wood. (It wasn''t made of espresso colored blush.) The bottom was covered with green felt. When I wrote my thank you note I was very careful in my wording. I am sure someone posting here knows what this is! (I know what these are now!) Another clue: these are used on dinner tables!

AGBF

So "Thank you so much for the beautiful silver hubcap." wouldn''t have been appropriate?

 

[joflier]

Date: 8/20/2009 1:08:45 PM
Author: treefrog

Date: 8/20/2009 12:55:26 PM
Author: AGBF



OK...more detail on the item I got as a wedding gift. It was sterling silver. The bottom inside was brown and may have been made of wood. (It wasn''t made of espresso colored blush.) The bottom was covered with green felt. When I wrote my thank you note I was very careful in my wording. I am sure someone posting here knows what this is! (I know what these are now!) Another clue: these are used on dinner tables!

AGBF

So ''Thank you so much for the beautiful silver hubcap.'' wouldn''t have been appropriate?

I dunno....I would have been cool with that.

 

[treefrog]

You mean to tell me every WI girl doesn''t have a set of these?

This really makes me think there have been some very interesting Thank You''s sent out over the years!

Why would anybody glue felt to the bottom of a garbage disposal flange and put it on the dining room table? Ooh... unless there is plumbing connected to the table! That could be kind of convenient. You could clean up from dinner without even leaving your seat!

Treefrog

 

[AGBF]

Where are the older ladies? The ones who are just a decade younger than me, that is? They have surely set tables for dinners many times!


AGBF

 

[joflier]

Date: 8/20/2009 2:22:25 PM
Author: treefrog
You mean to tell me every WI girl doesn''t have a set of these?

This really makes me think there have been some very interesting Thank You''s sent out over the years!

Why would anybody glue felt to the bottom of a garbage disposal flange and put it on the dining room table? Ooh... unless there is plumbing connected to the table! That could be kind of convenient. You could clean up from dinner without even leaving your seat!

Treefrog

Oh, I have all kinds of crazy stuff around my house that I don''t know what its used for.......a stove......a mixer......all them utensils and measuring thingies that look pretty in a drawer.

 

[Selkie]

Date: 8/20/2009 12:55:26 PM
Author: AGBF

OK...more detail on the item I got as a wedding gift. It was sterling silver. The bottom inside was brown and may have been made of wood. (It wasn''t made of espresso colored blush.) The bottom was covered with green felt. When I wrote my thank you note I was very careful in my wording. I am sure someone posting here knows what this is! (I know what these are now!) Another clue: these are used on dinner tables!

AGBF

Is it a salt cellar? I don''t own one, nor have I ever used one, but I have a vague idea what they are!

 

[Selkie]

And as for the original question, I remember using the words bubbler and water fountain interchangeably in school, in Massachusetts. I''ve heard of a breezeway and a davenport, but here''s another one: my grandmother had an ugly vinyl couch that she called a "divan" pronounced DIE-VAN. Where the heck does THAT come from? And if you want to talk about a state with bizarre colloquial terms, Mass is a real winnah...

frappe
wicked
rotary
bang a u-ie (u-turn)
packie
Hoodsie Cup

 

[LGK]

My husband''s family was from East LA and salsa is "sarsa" to them. I have no clue if it''s really something regional or just a family weirdness.

My family was all from Kansas and a lot of them say I live in Warshington, not Washington. And crick is also used in Kansas too.

Pop is soda in the Northwest pretty often.

I''ve heard clicker for remote quite a bit, my dad called it that. Could be a Kansas-ism or not.

 

[AGBF]

Date: 8/20/2009 3:44:48 PM
Author: Selkie

Is it a salt cellar? I don't own one, nor have I ever used one, but I have a vague idea what they are!

No, it is not a salt cellar. I realize that you cannot tell the size from the picture. The item I posted is larger than a salt celler, though. These are salt cellars (pictured below). I did receive a pair of these (in cobalt blue) from a former roomate for my wedding, too. She remembered that I had envied hers and kindly gave me some when I got married! (We had been roomates when she was between marriages but I was a young graduate student of 22 who had never been married.)

I am really starting to feel very, very old!!!

PS-Salt cellars usually come with tiny shovels!

AGBF

 

[Anastasia]

Is it a wine coaster?

 

[Anastasia]

Date: 8/20/2009 3:55:04 PM
Author: Selkie
And as for the original question, I remember using the words bubbler and water fountain interchangeably in school, in Massachusetts. I''ve heard of a breezeway and a davenport, but here''s another one: my grandmother had an ugly vinyl couch that she called a ''divan'' pronounced DIE-VAN. Where the heck does THAT come from? And if you want to talk about a state with bizarre colloquial terms, Mass is a real winnah...

frappe
wicked
rotary
bang a u-ie (u-turn)
packie
Hoodsie Cup

Selkie,

Divan is french for couch or sofa. If my very rusty french is correct, it is pronounced deevahn, without really pronouncing the n at the end.

 

[katebar]

It''s a wine coaster and I got 3 for my wedding 23 years ago!
In Australia we call water fountains bublers too.

 

[treefrog]

Date: 8/20/2009 2:46:56 PM
Author: joflier

Oh, I have all kinds of crazy stuff around my house that I don''t know what its used for.......a stove......a mixer......all them utensils and measuring thingies that look pretty in a drawer.

I should report you to the kitchen police! I used to share a house with a guy and his girlfriend. She went away one weekend and he was so lost. He wanted to boil water to make soup... and didn''t know if he needed to grease the pot, what temp to set the stove to, how long to cook it. Tell me you have an edge on him...

 

[AGBF]

Date: 8/20/2009 11:25:33 PM
Author: Anastasia

Is it a wine coaster?

Indeed. Katebar also identified it just below your posting. I thank you two ladies. I was starting to feel hopelessly out of date!

AGBF

 

[Haven]

Here in Chicago we say/have:
- Fronchrooms (front rooms)
- Grages and Garachkes (garages and garage keys)
- Parkways (although my family calls it the devil''s strip, no idea where that came from)
- Orphaned prepositions (e.g. "I''m going out, wanna come with?")
- And of course, when we say "the city" we''re are talking about THE city, and "the lake" is Lake Michigan

 

[iheartscience]

Ha, I like this thread! I didn''t know what a bubbler was...

My husband is from Kentucky and he says "I''m going to the grocery" instead of "grocery store," which I think is cute. He''s the first person I''ve ever heard not add "store" to the end of "grocery!"

One weird pronunciation that I really dislike is when people pronounce "wash" as "warsh." HATE IT SO MUCH! And I have no idea why. I also prefer "coupon" pronounced as "coo-pon" and not "q-pon." And "syrup" is "sear-up," NOT "surr-up!"

 

[Haven]

I thought of some more!

We say "gym shoes" instead of "tennis shoes" or "sneakers." The first time I heard someone say "tennis shoes" I thought they were talking about sport-specific footwear, and I had no idea what sneakers were.

I say "jimmies" and DH says "sprinkles" even though were both from Chicago.
I also say "couch" and he says "sofa." No clue if either is regional, but DH''s family is in the furniture business, so his version is probably more popular around here.
I also say "soda" and he says "pop."