Every time I use this word my children say WHAT?
Aug 3, 2021 19:23:49 #
radiojohn wrote:
That's usually when In hit my elbow on the counter.
But seriously check out this for an astounding look at things current college student know nothing about. For example, they have never opened a car window with a crank.
http://themindsetlist.com/2018/08/beloit-college-mindset-list-class-2022/
But seriously check out this for an astounding look at things current college student know nothing about. For example, they have never opened a car window with a crank.
http://themindsetlist.com/2018/08/beloit-college-mindset-list-class-2022/
Or Dialed a telephone, or tuned a radio, or changed a tube
Aug 3, 2021 20:34:50 #
Randyfrieder
Loc: Long Island, New York
Long Island, New York.
And that’s a new term for me.
Not one used in this “neck of the woods”
And that’s a new term for me.
Not one used in this “neck of the woods”
Aug 3, 2021 20:44:03 #
My grandmother made this distinction: A bedspread was normally chenille or some other heavy fabric and hung down the sides of the bed. A quilt (obviously) was quilted. A counterpane was a coverlet of a single layer of cloth, usually light weight, that covered mostly just the top of the bed. They frequently had designs woven into the cloth.
Aug 4, 2021 01:00:56 #
I'm 70, and this is the first time I ever heard this word as well. I had to look it up to see what it meant, and never heard my mother or grandmother use it either.
Aug 4, 2021 01:14:06 #
Aug 4, 2021 04:16:55 #
TheShoe
Loc: Lacey, WA
rmalarz wrote:
I'm with John on this one. I'm well over 60 and have never heard or read that word until now.
--Bob
--Bob
I cannot even see 70 when I look in the rearview mirror and this is my first exposure to the word.
Aug 4, 2021 06:20:25 #
Aug 4, 2021 09:48:35 #
I'm surprised that so few people have heard of the word coverlet. Quite common when I was growing up in England. Light cover when heavy covering wasn't needed.
Aug 4, 2021 09:53:52 #
limey wrote:
I'm surprised that so few people have heard of the word coverlet. Quite common when I was growing up in England. Light cover when heavy covering wasn't needed.
I thought the word we were discussing was Counterpane.
Aug 4, 2021 10:08:47 #
fetzler
Loc: North West PA
While sitting on my Chesterfield, I realized my Counterpane laid across by my bed.
Aug 4, 2021 10:51:44 #
cedymock wrote:
Counterpane
Guess if you are not in your sixties you don't use the word or know what it is. My mother and aunts always used to describe a specific item. What say you UHH members have you used this word and know what it describes?
Guess if you are not in your sixties you don't use the word or know what it is. My mother and aunts always used to describe a specific item. What say you UHH members have you used this word and know what it describes?
I'm 74 and have never used the word. However, I do like history so know what it means - bedspread.
Aug 4, 2021 10:53:48 #
limey wrote:
I'm surprised that so few people have heard of the word coverlet. Quite common when I was growing up in England. Light cover when heavy covering wasn't needed.
I grew up in the southeast of England and I don't recall anyone ever using the word "coverlet". I remember "eiderdown", "bedspread" and "quilt".
Aug 4, 2021 11:46:12 #
Aug 4, 2021 13:02:01 #
cedymock wrote:
Counterpane
Guess if you are not in your sixties you don't use the word or know what it is. My mother and aunts always used to describe a specific item. What say you UHH members have you used this word and know what it describes?
Guess if you are not in your sixties you don't use the word or know what it is. My mother and aunts always used to describe a specific item. What say you UHH members have you used this word and know what it describes?
Covering for a bed. You have to read lots of historical novels to know that one.
Aug 4, 2021 14:26:48 #
cedymock wrote:
Counterpane
Guess if you are not in your sixties you don't use the word or know what it is. My mother and aunts always used to describe a specific item. What say you UHH members have you used this word and know what it describes?
Guess if you are not in your sixties you don't use the word or know what it is. My mother and aunts always used to describe a specific item. What say you UHH members have you used this word and know what it describes?
I’ve been around for 3/4 century and still remember this poem. https://www.lnstar.com/mall/literature/rls/LandofCounterpane.htm
Now, if I could just remember where I stashed my lens cap!
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