To think it is posh and or pretentious to say you are "drawing" a bath?

Google says, 'shallot, cornichon, anchovy, capers, chives, croutons, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, salt and pepper on the side.'

A Pepe le Pew accent is just the ticket.

I'm vegetarian, so have no appreciation of what possible accountrements might be needed for a steak tartare...?

(My French accent is more Pepe le Pew.)

It's not pretentious, just old-fashioned/different, and there's nothing wrong with enjoying language and having fun with it.

I'm in New Zealand and I switch between the two; I grew up saying 'draw', but as most people say 'run' for a bath, it's rubbed off on me. But I always draw the curtains.

I tend to just say 'a tea' or 'a coffee' if I'm being casual, but if I'm being more formal I'll say 'cup of tea/coffee'.

Condiments just get called what they are - mustard, tomato sauce, relish, etc as we rarely have more than one or two on the table.

I also use the term 'luncheon plates' - is that still a thing in Britain? Because I don't know anyone outside my family who uses it in NZ.

You have to say it in a knowingly bad attempt at a French accent. Or in the manner of Richard Gere saying it

I’d associate the term ‘hot beverage’ with the sort of person who would inappropriately use ‘yourself’ and ‘myself’. I don’t think the word condiments is in that category at all. It’s not a word I’d use a lot, but say I was explaining why I don’t eat supermarket sandwiches I might say it’s because I don’t like multiple condiments in one sandwich (pickle AND mayo 🤢). We run baths I think but I wouldn’t think anything of it if someone said draw.

I'm not sure I've ever said it. It is a nice word. I will find an opportunity to use it.

I mean, it might be used in a very general way to include garnishes or sauces to go with a particular dish,
Which is precisely how I use it.
In any case, it's not that deep, it's just a little thing I say for a laugh.

But they mean completely different things. 'Accoutrements' means equipment, accessories, trappings. If you were eating a plate of fruits de mer, you'd be supplied with various accoutrements to let you crack crab or lobster claws and winkle out the meat etc. If you were serving caviar, the correct accoutrements would be non-metallic spoons.

I mean, it might be used in a very general way to include garnishes or sauces to go with a particular dish, but the word itself doesn't mean the same as condiments.

It’s running or pouring in our house

What's weird is people not taking 5 seconds to Google the origin of a word or phrase before they dismiss it a weird.

I never use the term but I did know it's an old fashioned word and didn't mean someone drawing a picture of a bath or something.

I think it’s old fashioned and yes slightly pretentious. Mind you as most people have a shower these days it’s not something you hear much!

I got it from a film (forget the title, Richard Gere), where he talks about steak tartare and muses on how it's strange how one only ever uses the word 'accoutrements' in relation to that.
I've never had steak tartare, so I don't know what its specific accoutrements are, but I liked the idea and the word

Watch out, that chip on your shoulder is going to hurt you.

If the water came from a well, I'd say draw too

This is a good strategy.

Condiments is a lumpen, transactional word.

Accoutrements is deliberately pretentious and more fun.

We draw curtains and baths in this house, we also use condiments with meals... but we do not offer cups of mugs of tea, due to my mother, we offer a dish of tea. I think that this harks back to times when cups did not have handles...

And, linen is put away in the press... but then she was Irish, and in service, which I think made a difference.

I say, in a raised-eyebrow sort of way, ‘accoutrements’. It covers everything from salt and pepper to all the stuff you need for everything from a chilli with baked potatoes to an eastern Mediterranean or Indian meal, like jalapeños, harissa, chutney/pickles, yoghurt …

I think it’s charming. I had a flatmate once who would say ‘I don’t drink coffee, I only take tea.’ Used to make me smile as we were about 19 and he wasn’t posh in the least.

I think drawing a bath is less common to say than drawing the curtains - but I don’t hear that very much either anymore. Is it pretentious or old fashioned to say “bless you” for sneezing, as a PP mentioned? I thought it was just polite!

I think it needs a revival. Might start using it at work.

Yeah me too it's excellent!

Yes, I do understand the word condiments.

But I rarely use the word condiments.

I don't think there are a lot of times when I need to refer to that whole class of things in it's entirety.

I think I might even use the words salt and pepper to describe all of the above. If I asked my kids "can you put the salt and pepper out, please," I would expect them to include appropriate sauces for the meal we were having.

I think it is neither posh nor pretentious. I don't say it myself, but if it is a phrase you have grown up with it will be perfectly normal.

Frankly - I think it is extremely judgemental to assume people are posh or pretentious just because they use language that is different to that to which you are used.

They’re only words. I might laugh but it wouldn’t bother me.

Not comprehensive enough.
Doesn't cover the mustard (French and English), horse radish sauce, red current jelly or the mint sauce, for example.