most people in new england say cellar -- "i'm going down selluh",
whereas i always heard basement when i lived in NYC...
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Lord Ellpus
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Mon 8 Jan, 2007 04:51 pm
The cellar can be used to store pretty much anything, whereas the basement is only used for bargains.
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Roberta
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Mon 8 Jan, 2007 04:55 pm
Region, When I was a kid (in NYC), the cellar was the cellar. Over time it became basement. Don't know when or why. The same thing applies to supper. When I was a kid, our evening meal was supper. Over time, supper became dinner.
I checked out basement and cellar in Webster's. Under cellar was the synonym basement. Under basement, no mention of cellar. Go figure.
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Region Philbis
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Mon 8 Jan, 2007 04:55 pm
< chuckle-chuckle >
in the engineering biz, we NEVER call it the cellar... its always the basement...
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Lord Ellpus
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Mon 8 Jan, 2007 05:07 pm
In aristocratic circles, we just call it the dungeon.
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gustavratzenhofer
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Mon 8 Jan, 2007 05:13 pm
Am I the only one who has a sub-basement?
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Lord Ellpus
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Mon 8 Jan, 2007 05:15 pm
Is that what your proctologist calls it, Gus?
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gustavratzenhofer
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Mon 8 Jan, 2007 05:17 pm
<simile>
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Montana
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Mon 8 Jan, 2007 05:27 pm
I call mine both, depending on my mood.
I like a variety :-D
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Region Philbis
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Mon 8 Jan, 2007 07:27 pm
'Boita wrote:
The same thing applies to supper. When I was a kid, our evening meal was supper. Over time, supper became dinner.
my folks are brooklyn-ites, so supper has always been supper, and always will be...
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patiodog
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Mon 8 Jan, 2007 08:52 pm
We had dinner.
At least, until I was about 7. After that I'd fry up some of whatever meat was in the frig and make some pudding.
Healthy habits start when you're young.
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Merry Andrew
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Mon 8 Jan, 2007 09:45 pm
Cellar is a good, solid Anglo-Saxon word, cognate to the German Keller. I believe -- but I only believe -- that basement comes from the French and thus hasn't been in English useage very long -- only since 1066 or thereabouts.
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dlowan
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Tue 9 Jan, 2007 12:49 am
Lord Ellpus on this thread?
Has he always been here, or is this a new event?
Do we have people who read this nonsense, and hardly ever say anything?
People we didn't know were there?
That's kind of embarrassing.......what HAVE I been saying?
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patiodog
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Tue 9 Jan, 2007 12:51 am
It's all right, Bun Bun. I'm sure folks understand that even though you're cute and girlsih here that you're still a fearsome killing machine elsewhere on the board. (Like, you know, on the kitty cat threads.)
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Roberta
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Tue 9 Jan, 2007 01:47 am
This has been building for some time. I figure where better than here to finally spill it.
Patiodog, the can of ham on the dog's head disturbs me no end. I know it's just a picture, but in my demented brain, the can makes the dog uncomfortable. I try not to look, but you know how it is when you try not to look at something. You're ineffably drawn to it.
Do I feel better now that I've gotten that off my chest? Nope.
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msolga
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Tue 9 Jan, 2007 05:18 am
dlowan wrote:
Do we have people who read this nonsense, and hardly ever say anything?
People we didn't know were there?
[size=7]yes[/size]
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dlowan
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Tue 9 Jan, 2007 05:29 am
msolga wrote:
dlowan wrote:
Do we have people who read this nonsense, and hardly ever say anything?
People we didn't know were there?
[size=7]yes[/size]
Interesting.
How come?
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msolga
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Tue 9 Jan, 2007 05:41 am
dlowan wrote:
Interesting.
How come?
Because, Deb, sometimes it is actually quite amusing!
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dlowan
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Tue 9 Jan, 2007 05:57 am
You mean there are lurkers who wuv us?
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Roberta
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Tue 9 Jan, 2007 06:04 am
I knew it! Dem Triffids got her. She's lost her mind. They've stolen her reason. Oy. She was such a fine person.
