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Do you say binoculars...

77 replies

WildRosie · 08/04/2023 19:53

...or field glasses ?
Sandpaper or glasspaper ?
Sitting room or living room (or lounge, drawing room etc) ?
Cutlery or irons ?
Dining table or dinner table ?
Footpath or pavement (I know, they're not necessarily the same thing) ?
Lead or leash ?
Glass or tumbler ?
Mug or beaker ?
Tea or dinner (or supper) ?

BTW, I don't know anybody who calls binoculars 'field glasses'. It sounds very old school Ministry of Defence!

OP posts:
bigTillyMint · 08/04/2023 21:21

binoculars (don’t use the word very often!)
Sandpaper
Sitting room
Cutlery
table
pavement
Lead Was L.E.A.D when we had a dog, but she learned that too!)
Glass
Mug
Tea, but DC insist it’s dinner
ketchup
Stool
Loo at home, toilet at work (school!)
Pub
Starter
afters

twosquashedmelons · 08/04/2023 21:25

Ketchup
Stool
Toilet/Jacks
I'd say pub and bar are two different things!
Starters
Dessert

Original poster
WildRosie · 08/04/2023 21:31

I've never heard of jacks as a toilet pseudonym. The jack is Australian slang for syphilis!

I agree that pub and bar are two different things but that may not be the case in all parts of the UK.

I take a dim view of anyone who says 'bathroom break' or 'comfort break' when what they really mean is a halt in proceedings for the spending of pennies and the powdering of noses😉.

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ShiteInNiningArmour · 08/04/2023 21:39

WildRosie · 08/04/2023 19:53

...or field glasses ?
Sandpaper or glasspaper ?
Sitting room or living room (or lounge, drawing room etc) ?
Cutlery or irons ?
Dining table or dinner table ?
Footpath or pavement (I know, they're not necessarily the same thing) ?
Lead or leash ?
Glass or tumbler ?
Mug or beaker ?
Tea or dinner (or supper) ?

BTW, I don't know anybody who calls binoculars 'field glasses'. It sounds very old school Ministry of Defence!

Knockers.
sandpaper
living room
table
path and pavement. A path is a narrower, untarmaced surface. A pavement the more formal of the two.
lead
glass or beaker
mug. A beaker is a glass.
Tea.

Words to confuse folk:

Costner. No, not the actor. It means ‘I can’t’
Nesh. A person who feels the cold more than others. “Thar a bit nesh theyt”

it’s like another language here though, especially when older folk get together. My late father slipped into a language I understood barely half the words of when he met anyone of a similar age.

twosquashedmelons · 08/04/2023 21:43

Maybe 'jacks' is an Irish thing, very common here!

BreatheAndFocus · 08/04/2023 21:53

.binoculars or field glasses ? Binoculars
Sandpaper or glasspaper ? Sandpaper
Sitting room or living room or lounge, drawing room ? Lounge or sitting room
Cutlery or irons ? Cutlery
Dining table or dinner table ? Dining Table
Footpath or pavement (I know, they're not necessarily the same thing) ? Pavement for the thing beside a road
Lead or leash ? Lead
Glass or tumbler ? Both - glass more often
Mug or beaker? They’re different things. Mug for your tea; beaker for squash
Tea or dinner (or supper) ? Tea. Supper is a snack before bed to me

Exhibity · 08/04/2023 22:00

...or field glasses ? Binoculars
Sandpaper or glasspaper ? Sandpaper
Sitting room or living room (or lounge, drawing room etc) ? Front room, even though it's at the back
Cutlery or irons ? Knives and forks
Dining table or dinner table ? Just table
Footpath or pavement (I know, they're not necessarily the same thing) ? Pavement
Lead or leash ? Lead
Glass or tumbler ? Glass
Mug or beaker ? Mug , beakers are plastic
Tea or dinner (or supper) ? Dinner

ArticSaviour · 08/04/2023 22:16

...or field glasses ? binoculars
Sandpaper or glasspaper ? sandpaper
Sitting room or living room (or lounge, drawing room etc) ? living room
Cutlery or irons ? cutlery
Dining table or dinner table ? dining table
Footpath or pavement (I know, they're not necessarily the same thing) ? just path
Lead or leash ? lead
Glass or tumbler ? glass
Mug or beaker ? mug
Tea or dinner (or supper) ? tea

North East

WetBandits · 08/04/2023 22:36

Sandpaper
Front room
Cutlery
Dinner table
Pavement
Lead
Glass
Mug
Dinner

Timeforchangeithink · 08/04/2023 22:42

Binoculars
Sandpaper
Living Room
Cutlery
Dining Table
Pavement
Lead
Glass
Mug
Dinner

MattTebbuttsDenimShirt · 08/04/2023 22:46

Front room (no matter where it is situated).

Path.

Table.

Used to be tea, now dinner.

Sandpaper and binoculars - or just knockers as my youngest used to say.

piedbeauty · 08/04/2023 22:46

Binocs
Sandpaper
lounge
Cutlery
table
Footpath or pavement - either, depending which it is
Lead
Glass or tumbler - either, depending. I use glass for most kinds of glasses, though.
Mug
Tea - if at home, dinner if we're eating out.

MattTebbuttsDenimShirt · 08/04/2023 22:47

Knives and forks.

We're slowly learning to stop dragging our knuckles.

Hellocatshome · 08/04/2023 22:50

I've just remembered my Grandma used to call cutlery 'weapons'.

vipersnest1 · 08/04/2023 22:53

Tea: late afternoon / early evening meal at home.
Dinner: meal out somewhere (maybe someone else's house), same timing as above.
Supper: late evening meal, usually at home.
I might be a bit weird about this - I was brought up working class, but married into middle class.

24KaratCucumber · 08/04/2023 23:00

...or field glasses ?
Binoculars.

Sandpaper or glasspaper ?
Sandpaper

Sitting room or living room (or lounge, drawing room etc) ?
Front room. (Even though it's not a front room in this house, it's one big room.

Cutlery or irons ?
Knife and fork.

Dining table or dinner table ?
Dining table.

Footpath or pavement (I know, they're not
necessarily the same thing) ?
Path

Lead or leash ?
Lead

Glass or tumbler ?
Glass

Mug or beaker ?
Mug

Tea or dinner (or supper) ?
Dinner at 1pm, Tea at 6pm, supper at 9.30

Oh.... And..

A bread roll is a batch.
The room with the bath, toilet and sink is just referred to as "the toilet" as in,
"Have you seen my trainers?"
"You left them in the toilet"

toddlermumx · 08/04/2023 23:03

Binoculars
Sandpaper
Living room
Cutlery
Dining table
Pavement
Lead
Glass
Mug
Dinner

MagentaRocks · 08/04/2023 23:05

...or field glasses ? Binoculars
Sandpaper or glasspaper ? Sandpaper
Sitting room or living room (or lounge, drawing room etc) ? Front room
Cutlery or irons ? Cutlery
Dining table or dinner table ? Dining table
Footpath or pavement (I know, they're not necessarily the same thing) ? Pavement
Lead or leash ? Lead
Glass or tumbler ? Glass
Mug or beaker ? Mug
Tea or dinner (or supper) ? Tea

Tomato sauce, red sauce or ketchup ? Tomato sauce
Stool or buffet ? Stool
Loo or toilet or lavatory, bog etc ? Bathroom even!! Loo or toilet
Pub or bar ? Pub
Starter or hors d'oeuvre ? Starter
Pudding or dessert ? Or afters ? Pudding at home dessert if eating out

JimmyDurham · 08/04/2023 23:07

Binoculars
Sandpaper
Sitting room
Cutlery
Dining table
Footpath if unmade track and pavement if tarmac/slabs beside a road
Lead (actually neither as we don't have a dog)
Glass and tumbler (they are different things).
Mug
Main meal is dinner.

JimmyDurham · 08/04/2023 23:09

Tomato ketchup
Stool
Loo
Pub
Starter
Pudding

Madreb · 08/04/2023 23:09

Sandpaper
Front room
Cutlery
Dinner table
Path
Lead
Glass
Cup
Dinner

Diversion · 08/04/2023 23:10

Binoculars
Sandpaper
Front Room
Knives and forks
The table
Footpath
Lead
Glass
Mug/Cup
Tea

Original poster
WildRosie · 09/04/2023 07:58

Seems like Mr Woodwork's glasspaper penchant was exclusive!

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sybil40 · 09/04/2023 08:06

All this variety of words from different languages, how lucky we don't have an Institute to give us a 'standard' the way they have in France.

Newuser82 · 09/04/2023 08:14

Binoculars
Sandpaper
Living room
Cutlery
Dining table
Pavement
Glass
Mug
Tea but I would class supper as a snack before bed like cereal or something.

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