Kit Kats and MasterCharge

[rapana1]

As for an ice col' co-cola...? You say that as if there are other words for "coke" aside from "soft drink", that people actually use

You mean fizzy drink!

Pens? Oh! Ohhh! You must mean "ink pens"!

...As opposed to "fountain pens" -- locally, anyway...

Well, you mean ballpoints. As opposed to Vivids (NOT Sharpies) or felts (or as they call them in Aussie, Textas) XD

[fireheart]

Well, you mean ballpoints. As opposed to Vivids (NOT Sharpies) or felts (or as they call them in Aussie, Textas) XD

I think Texta is also another brand name.

I personally use "markers" although my kids have connector pens.

[Can I Help Your A$$?]

What you got there ain't no chesterfield. That there's a davenport.

That's from my dad, and his father before him, and his parents before that.

Also, what you got there is a regionalism. That's why my family calls it "pop," "chesterdrawers," and "davenport."

[Pixilated]

My mother was the worst at this and it drove me crazy. Movies were always "pictures" and a phone was a "telephone" and the fridge was always a "fridgidair" and the couch for some odd reason was always called a "chesterfield".

*snip*

Was your mother Canadian, perchance, or did she have Canadian relatives? I ask because 'chesterfield' is that big stuffed thing you sit on in livingrooms throughout Canada -- with the possible exception of border cities, where it is often miraculously transformed into a 'sofa'. I can't seem to find any explanation for why it's called this over here.

It's just a thing some people do. Why, I was only grokking about it yester-day with some citizen as I tested out my bumbershoot whilst I transferred my portmanteau to the other mitt. But I was drowned out by the sound of an aeroplane.

Kind regards.

[Ironclad Alibi]

Speaking of chesterfield, there a brand of cigarettes called Chesterfields.

In 1939, the late great actor and comic W. C. Fields lost a lot of money because of his penchant for puns. Fields' radio show was sponsored by Lucky Strike Cigarettes. The CBS program and his $7,500 a week salary were cancelled when, on the air, he continued to refer to his son Chester.

[telecom_goddess]

Was your mother Canadian, perchance, or did she have Canadian relatives? I ask because 'chesterfield' is that big stuffed thing you sit on in livingrooms throughout Canada -- with the possible exception of border cities, where it is often miraculously transformed into a 'sofa'. I can't seem to find any explanation for why it's called this over here.

No she was not Canadian, her mother wasn't either, her parents MIGHT have been but not sure. I really don't know where she picked it up.

[wolfie]

Speaking of chesterfield, there a brand of cigarettes called Chesterfields.

Hence my reference (post #27 this thread) to smoking the other kind of Chesterfield.

[mharbourgirl]

Was your mother Canadian, perchance, or did she have Canadian relatives? I ask because 'chesterfield' is that big stuffed thing you sit on in livingrooms throughout Canada -- with the possible exception of border cities, where it is often miraculously transformed into a 'sofa'. I can't seem to find any explanation for why it's called this over here.

Hm, it was a commonplace when I was a kid, sure. Not really these days. Couch or sofa, depending on region (maybe).

My parents are both from Alberta. Dad says 'warsh', Mom doesn't. My brothers and I certainly don't, we say 'laundry', because that's what 'warsh' means. Dad doesn't 'warsh' his hands, he actually says it 'wash'. Dad is weird.

And on the carbonated beverage issue, 'pop' is the go-to word, but people do generally specify which brand they want, it's not all 'coke' or 'soda'. Soda's mostly used for the stuff you mix with whiskey - club soda or soda-water.