Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 OK. Let's try another room. Why did posh buggers have a room called a Drawing Room? Did they sit in there with a sketch pad and a selection of Staedtler sticks? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pixie 162 Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 The hell is a drawing room? Dinning room? Spare room? Why can't people's lives be simple. Living room/lounge. Dinning room. Bathroom. Kitchen. Bedroom .... Simples. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 It was originally a "Withdrawing room" and was the room to withdraw to after dinner, the Ladies first whilst the Gentlemen passed the port and smoked cigars in the Dining Room, obviously in a house of sufficient size to accommodate more than the scullery and living room as in Comyn street! The rise of the middle class required that such terminology be utilised even though their houses were not always on the same grand scale, but as the houses became smaller, it was still necessary to maintain the illusion, hence the "confusion" in our much more modest sized houses. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 On the subject of toilets again: Posh people called this a 'Lavatory' ; I always considered this a disgusting word - toilet was easier on the ear. PS: What about 'I'm Going to Spend a Penny' and 'The Powder Room'? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 Re #29, the Geography teacher at BHGS really had a thing about us using the word toilet WHEN WE MEANT THE LAVATORY !! He enjoyed telling us that "toilet" was the process of washing and bathing, and we always wondered why he was so pedantic. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 And of course, to our American friends it is the Bathroom (whether or not there is a bath in it). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sussexred 25 Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 Re #29, the Geography teacher at BHGS really had a thing about us using the word toilet WHEN WE MEANT THE LAVATORY !! He enjoyed telling us that "toilet" was the process of washing and bathing, and we always wondered why he was so pedantic. Which teacher - Don Ager? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 Jackson, with inflation, spending a penny now costs 20p in Mansfield. Thanks Commo. I can drink port in any room. But I like your explanation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 Seems Alright to me Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 The print is normal down here - time to check the eyes, poohbear Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 Thanks for that. I knew I should have gone to Specsavers. Now then! What did folk call this bathroom without a bath when it was at the end of the garden. After all, we didn't keep the dirty things in the house in those days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 Outhouse...backyard dunny but mainly; a sh!thouse! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 Re #29, the Geography teacher at BHGS really had a thing about us using the word toilet WHEN WE MEANT THE LAVATORY !! He enjoyed telling us that "toilet" was the process of washing and bathing, and we always wondered why he was so pedantic. I hear what he says - but when you remember that "laver" is French for "to wash" it seems to me that lavatory and toilet mean much the same thing (and bathroom picks up on the same theme). In other words, more or less every expression is a euphemism. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 Re #32 Sussexred, spot on, quite a strange chap was Mr Ager !! (Mind you, he did congratulate me on my "O" level Geog, so he must have known who I was, unlike some of 'em!) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sussexred 25 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 I was there from 66-73 Compo - also had Don Ager for O level Geog. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Hi Susexred, off topic I know, but I was there 58 - 63, so wonder how long he and others I knew continued? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 What is the difference between a cooker and an oven? I'm only a mere man, what do I know about these things ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 An oven is the bottom bit where you cook the roast etc, the cooker is the whole thing, (Hob, grill , oven) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Thanks Beefsteak , I can now impress the wife with my vast knowledge . That should get me a couple of Brownie points. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Which bit is the stove? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,510 Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Top (otherwise known as the Hob) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Hob? now you are just trying to confuse us blokes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkazana 1,736 Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 And then of course there's the hot plate and not forgetting the griddle........ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 And where's the fan ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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