The silly old words thread

pinno
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I have been reading Beatrix Potter to Shorty (now 7) and I come across quite a few words that have been lost over time.
[Watch the spell checker chuck a hissy*].

Wainscot
Counterpane
Lath
Gimlet
Smut (No, not top shelf magazines)

*Surprising.
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  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,269
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,808
    pinno said:


    Gimlet
    Smut

    Maybe she read Viz? Mr. Gimlet was a character from the Finbarr Saunders strip and Sid Smut was the real name of Tyneside's silver tongued cavalier, Sid The Sexist.

    Fnarr fnarr :)

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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,811
    pinno said:

    I have been reading Beatrix Potter to Shorty (now 7) and I come across quite a few words that have been lost over time.
    [Watch the spell checker chuck a hissy*].

    Wainscot
    Counterpane
    Lath
    Gimlet
    Smut (No, not top shelf magazines)

    *Surprising.

    I use lath pretty regularly. Obviously, Potter didn't have plasterboard.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,497
    The old plaster was very heavy apparently.
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,811
    It's usually thicker than gypsum board, so yes.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,497
    rjsterry said:

    It's usually thicker than gypsum board, so yes.

    Do you use it in period properties?!
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,707
    I'm afraid that when people start using dated vocabulary, I always think of the Malcolm Tucker 'purview' quote.
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,811
    pinno said:

    rjsterry said:

    It's usually thicker than gypsum board, so yes.

    Do you use it in period properties?!
    Only if they are listed or the client is particularly interested in 'doing the right thing'. Lime plaster is more expensive and much slower drying than gypsum, but it has more flexibility when dry and handles moisture better, which helps in old buildings with no damp proofing.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,497
    Sorrel
    darnel
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,497
    oxoman said:

    It's a pain to patch I know that much.

    But I thought you lived in a mud hut?
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  • rjsterry
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    pinno said:

    Sorrel
    darnel

    We had a cat called Sorrel when I was growing up.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,497
    One of my ex gf's had a friend call Sorrel.
    (She wasn't a cat).
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  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    Growing up near Bristol, Sorrel was how people used to apologise
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,497
    edited June 2020
    They're all a bit funny in Bristle.

    You would think the influx of all races from far and wide over the centuries, through it's port, would have improved the gene pool.
    Mind you, Plymouth is worse.
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  • Darius_Jedburgh
    Darius_Jedburgh Posts: 675
    I still use a gimlet.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,811
    pinno said:

    They're all a bit funny in Bristle.

    You would think the influx of all races from far and wide over the centuries, through it's port, would have improved the gene pool.

    Maybe it has.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,497
    So you're saying "Just as well..."

    :)
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  • me-109
    me-109 Posts: 1,915
    Mutatis mutandis.

    Does that count? It's old, albeit still in use if you work in that field. I do and have only just come across it.

    What about 'happenstance'?
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,497
    me-109 said:

    Mutatis mutandis.

    Great track, even better album.



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  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,974
    edited June 2020
    I've just finished a story about Vikings. there was lots of archaic words in there. Sadly, they go in but I forget them straight away.

    Leman is one I do remember, meaning illicit lover, especially mistress


    The older I get, the better I was.

  • fatted864
    fatted864 Posts: 67
    I thought a Gimlet was a cocktail made of 2:1 gin and lime juice.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,811


    Sounds familiar.
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    Dung.
  • laurentian
    laurentian Posts: 2,568
    Learned the word "Apricity" the other day - it means the warmth of the winter sun.

    Thought that was great
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  • me-109
    me-109 Posts: 1,915
    Quotidian. You don't see that every day. ;)

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