Canterbury: Do you know what a canterbury is? I had never heard the word used this way, but it's basically a magazine rack. It's called that because the Bishop of Canterbury supposedly...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Do you know what a canterbury is? I had never heard the word used this way, but it's basically a magazine rack. It's called that because the Bishop of Canterbury supposedly ordered one made for him. I can just see his collection of magazines, "Modern Bishop," "Clergy Weekly," "Cathedral Trends."

"MEANING:
noun: A rack with open top and slatted partitions for magazines, sheet music, documents, etc.

ETYMOLOGY:
After Canterbury, UK. It’s said that a bishop of Canterbury first ordered this piece of furniture. Earliest documented use: 1803. Some other words with Canterbury connections are canter and Canterbury tale.

USAGE:
“Mr. Chadwick pored over stacks of yellowed sheet music his mother had kept in a rosewood Canterbury.”
Mavis Gallant; Varieties of Exile; New York Review of Books; 2003.

See more usage examples of canterbury in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary."
-Word-A-Day

Real Nikon Lover Loc: Simi Valley, CA

More usage: "We can'ter bury him, he's too big" - Dig'm, Pitchem, and Coverwell Mortuary

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Real Nikon Lover wrote:

More usage: "We can'ter bury him, he's too big" - Dig'm, Pitchem, and Coverwell Mortuary

RiJoRi Loc: Sandy Ridge, NC

🙄 A friend had a black horse named "Berry". When she wanted it to go at a certain pace, she'd say, "Canter, Berry!" 🤪

--Rich

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

RiJoRi wrote:

🙄 A friend had a black horse named "Berry". When she wanted it to go at a certain pace, she'd say, "Canter, Berry!" 🤪

--Rich

Funny. I've seen things like that in comedies. A random character will say something that seems harmless, and the dog will attack or something else unfortunate will happen.

Did you see "The Bedford Incident," with Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, and James McArthur? That was a perfect example of disastrous miscommunication.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058962/

turp77 Loc: Connecticut, Plainfield

WOW all this time I thought Canterbury was where my Pharmacy is.😂🤣

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

turp77 wrote:

WOW all this time I thought Canterbury was where my Pharmacy is.😂🤣

Do you have a magazine rack for waiting customers?

RiJoRi Loc: Sandy Ridge, NC

jerryc41 wrote:

Funny. I've seen things like that in comedies. A random character will say something that seems harmless, and the dog will attack or something else unfortunate will happen.

Did you see "The Bedford Incident," with Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, and James McArthur? That was a perfect example of disastrous miscommunication.

Like the dog named "Sick-em"?

As to the movie, I was about 12 when it came out. For some reason, I prefer books to movies. Cheaper, more portable, easier to pause. At least they were in the '60s.😊
I do remember reading a book by the same name, and found it rather depressing.

--Rich

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

RiJoRi wrote:

Like the dog named "Sick-em"?

As to the movie, I was about 12 when it came out. For some reason, I prefer books to movies. Cheaper, more portable, easier to pause. At least they were in the '60s.😊
I do remember reading a book by the same name, and found it rather depressing.

--Rich

Books are only cheaper if you get them from the library. My movies are free on TV, or I don't watch them. Books and movies are often substantially different.

RiJoRi Loc: Sandy Ridge, NC

jerryc41 wrote:

Books are only cheaper if you get them from the library. My movies are free on TV, or I don't watch them. Books and movies are often substantially different.

As to price, it's paperbacks for me! Or the library's annual sale, or a used book store. The last big-screen movie I saw was 10+ years ago, on LI.

I found "Dances With Wolves" to be the only movie that followed the book closely. Again, not being a big fan of movies, there may be others.

--Rich