Tap or Faucet

[Subduction Zone]

One of my pet peeves. People that say "spicket" and even spell it that way at times.

 

[ChristineM]

For Indian cooking they usually are referring to a hot pepper when they say that. In the U.S. without a qualifier a "green pepper" would be a green bell pepper. When shopping I have seen bell peppers, Anaheim peppers, poblano, shi****o, Serrano, and jalapeno peppers. All green. I like heat but have never cooked with a habanero pepper, Perhaps partially because one needs to wear gloves when cooking. Once I cooked a meal with a couple of Serrano peppers that I diced finely. No gloves. I washed my hands several times after that as part of cooking the meal. Then took a shower later that day and after shampooing my hair, effectively another very deep hand washing, I accidentally touched my eyes as I washed my face. Big mistake. There was still capascium from the peppers on my hands. I could just imagine how that would have felt with a habanero.

May i also suggest not going to the toilet and touching "delicate" areas while you have any trace of capsaicin on your fingers. Lots of ouch.

 

[exchemist]

Armoire is a specific french style, something like this
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But i am afraid the furniture industry has grabbed the chic name and applies it to boxes for the bedroom.

I am stuck with the word closet meaning toilet, water closet. Not the place i would like to store clothes.

We have one of those (armoire) in our dining room, having the only house in the family with a room large enough to accommodate it. It's full of tablecloths, glasses and all that dinner table stuff one feels one ought to have but virtually never uses - a lot of it came as weddings presents.

 

[ChristineM]

We have one of those (armoire) in our dining room, having the only house in the family with a room large enough to accommodate it. It's full of tablecloths, glasses and all that dinner table stuff one feels one ought to have but virtually never uses - a lot of it came as weddings presents.

We have a Welsh dresser for that very task.

 

[Father Heathen]

What do you call bandages (like what mummies are made out of)?

Bandages. To clarify, Band-Aids are adhesive bandages.

 

[ChristineM]

Bandages. To clarify, Band-Aids are adhesive bandages.

Band-aids are plasters.or perhaps the brand name of the biggest seller, Elastoplast.

Just to confuse the issue, in french its pansemenents

 

[Father Heathen]

Band-aids are plasters.or perhaps the brand name of the biggest seller, Elastoplast.

Just to confuse the issue, in french its pansemenents

Here plaster is a putty used to fix holes in drywall sheeting.

 

[Rival]

You reckon the speakers of the proto-Romance languages had this conversation?

 

[ChristineM]

Here plaster is a putty used to fix holes in drywall sheeting.

It is in the UK to, who said english wasn't confusing

Difference is, you buy plasters (with an s) for patching up holes in people, you buy plaster (no s) for patching up holes in walls.... Simples!!!

And drywall sheet is called plaster board.

Little story about how plasterboard helped shape commercial vehicles in the the UK

The ford transit van was the first vehicle to have 8ft by 4ft of flat floorspace. Previous to that, small vans did not actually seem to be designed for how britain worked. Plaster board, plywood sheet etc is an 8ft by 4ft standard. A builder could buy his needs, stack it flat on the floor of his van. Previously there was considerable damage from wheel arches and strengthening braces. The transit revolutionised the building industry and became the best selling van in the UK... I think it still is.

 

[ChristineM]

You reckon the speakers of the proto-Romance languages had this conversation?

Like "hey Plebius, should we call this crinkle cut, deep fried slice of potato a chip or a crisp?"

 

[Rival]

Like "hey Plebius, should we call this crinkle cut, deep fried slice of potato a chip or a crisp?"

'Hey, those guys over in Frankia call that thing a manson, as in built with hands, but we call it a casa, as in, you know, a house. Stupid Franks '

 

[Father Heathen]

Apparently "quite" in the UK means "fairly" but in the US means "very". So calling someone's cooking "quite good" could be a compilment or an insult.

 

[ChristineM]

Apparently "quite" in the UK means "fairly" but in the US means "very". So calling someone's cooking "quite good" could be a compilment or an insult.

I will be having words with my husband about his "quite good" to my flapjacks...

 

[ChristineM]

'Hey, those guys over in Frankia call that thing a manson, as in built with hands, but we call it a casa, as in, you know, a house. Stupid Franks '

So what's a hovel?

 

[Rival]

So what's a hovel?

Hill, farm, dwelling....

 

[ChristineM]

Hill, farm, dwelling....

right, gotya, understand, I'll stick with the villa. (That detached house in Brittonic)