MELTONSTILTON 452 Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 My mother always called the Aga a HOB, and a dustpan a sifter, she was from the Lincolnshire fens, so sifter may have been a local word, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Not forgetting that Aga and Stove are actually brand names like Hoover! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Can't find any reference to "stove" being a brand name. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 Me mum used to call it the cooker. Rings, oven - the lot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sussexred 25 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? Commo, you should get on the school page on Facebook where there have been numerous discussions on that subject: https://www.facebook.com/groups/178763190099/?fref=ts Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Engineer 614 Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 The brand of cooking appliance is Stoves. I'd say a cooker comprises an oven, a hob and often a grill. A stove seems to be another word for a cooker. Lavatory originally came from the Latin lavatorium; "the room for washing" (the French also inherited this). Those Romans also gave us conservatory, dormitory, laboratory, observatory, refectory, atrium, fenestra, auditorium, vomitorium, crematorium and many other building related words. Apart from that, I'm not sure what else the Romans ever did for us. Of course the French have toilette and "eau de toilette" - I never really got that connection. At the top of our cellar steps were a few shelves where we stored tinned food. We called it the "cellar head". The "coal hole" was of course a small trap door where the coal was tipped from outside into the cellar. And while we are on buildings, UK ground floor, USA first floor, France rez de chaussee. More product placement - Mam called the scouring powder Ajax, whereas Dad always said Vim. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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