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

[OonaStubbs]

What do you think. My DP always says this but I think it is very strange and old fashioned to say this instead of just saying you are running a bath?

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

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

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.

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.)

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.

In food terminology, accoutrements are specifically sauces, garnishes, or side dishes and such - basically added extras and flourishes that improve on a dish. So it's different to the general usage of the word.

My vegetarian self thinks this sounds more like a set of things designed to cover up the fact you're eating raw meat, rather than to enhance it...

Chandler says ‘drew a bath’ in Friends so I assumed it was used more in America but google said it’s considered old fashioned there too!

Indeed. Why are people delighting in their limited vocabularies and laughing or mocking those who know a variety of words. I know which side I’d rather be on.

Hmm. They don't mean completely different things.

They mean overlapping things.

Used in a knowing way, accoutrements is more playful and fun.

Language doesn't have to be pedantic and robotic.

I'm not veggie, but I'm not keen on the idea of raw meat and I know what you mean

I think saying "I don't like pickle and mayo in the same sandwich" is much more evocative and expressive than "I don't like multiple condiments..."

Yes, that's exactly who would use the term 'hot beverage'!

I don't find it pretentious, just a bit dated.

Depending on how it is used, I do find "Dahling" a bit pretentious if it is someone who doesn't even know me because it seems designed to create an effect. That is the sort of thing I find pretentious, but not an old-fashioned, slightly dated expression.

It's just slightly old duffer, not posh.

ETA and even plain old "Darling" doesn't bother me. It's when it is sing-songy and drawn out in an attempt to sound very posh!

I would too.

"Yourself" really grates on me when it gets used in a grammatically incorrect way, but I try to not get irritated as I know it is usually an attempt to be very polite and use the "long fancy version" - even if half the time it is just wrong!

Not something you hear in my part of SE London

Press is very commonly used as a word for cupboard in Ireland. I don’t think it’s anything to do with having been in service, it’s just the word that’s used. Not just for linen…you have kitchen presses too for example.
An airing cupboard is typically called a hot press here.

I’ve never heard of a dish of tea though 🤔

I usually run a bath, but draw the curtains.

It isn’t just pickle and mayo though, that’s just an example.

Salt and pepper are both condiments but so are a lot of other things. I wouldn’t list every condiment I have. I’d just say condiments. It’s easier. I have checked with ai as I didn’t have that back when I read it and it says the broader term to include all condiments is additions but that wouldn’t come naturally to me to say that so I’ll just stick with condiments. Jeremy Clarkson will never find out.

I’ve always said drawing the bath or drawing the curtains! I thought everybody said both! Apparently not for the former

@Icecreamforme I guess because I have lived in four different English speaking countries and never heard anyone say this . But we all only go by own experience.

I would literally think he was drawing a bath 🤣 I have never heard this expression in my 45 years of life. Brilliant.

Well, it was a normal phrase where I used to live, and didn't sound posh at all being pronounced like "drowwin a baff" "drow't curtuns" etc 😁

I have heard run a bath but I am not sure what else you do with curtains apart from drawing them? Pull, I guess. But that isn't that accurate: you draw them together.