Trigger Words

[Regina]

That's "brunch"

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And finally, "lunch" is what you have in the afternoon and "dinner" is in the evening. "Tea" isn't a meal, it's what you drink.

Dinner is what you eat midday and supper is what you eat at night.

[chimp3]

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Here's a few trigger words : "Not all Blacks are Bad People"

[emjay]

No it's not, it's a fuckin' settee

No it isn't, commoner.

"Sofa" or bust.

I'd also add to that;

"Scent" instead of "perfume"
"Living room" instead of "lounge"
"laundry" instead of "washing"

And finally, "lunch" is what you have in the afternoon and "dinner" is in the evening. "Tea" isn't a meal, it's what you drink.

I think there's actually a technical difference between a sofa and a settee, relating somehow to size, but I'm not sure. With a sofa being smaller. But regardless... sofa's a nice word but a settee is what it is

Agree on living room. I might use the word 'scent' for a man's fragrance, but not for a woman's... a woman's I'd always call perfume. And 'teatime' doesn't mean any time you have tea... does it?... so it's come to mean a certain time of day (when people presumably had a lot of tea )... about 5pm. So though it may not be a meal per se, it is regarded as a meal time.

[Napoléon]

Drumpf

[Regina]

Agree on living room. I might use the word 'scent' for a man's fragrance, but not for a woman's... a woman's I'd always call perfume. And 'teatime' doesn't mean any time you have tea... does it?... so it's come to mean a certain time of day (when people presumably had a lot of tea )... about 5pm. So though it may not be a meal per se, it is regarded as a meal time.

I suppose, I can let that pass   Not "settee" though haha

[emjay]

Agree on living room. I might use the word 'scent' for a man's fragrance, but not for a woman's... a woman's I'd always call perfume. And 'teatime' doesn't mean any time you have tea... does it?... so it's come to mean a certain time of day (when people presumably had a lot of tea )... about 5pm. So though it may not be a meal per se, it is regarded as a meal time.

I suppose, I can let that pass   Not "settee" though haha

Yay... I was expecting a bigger fight than that As to settee, I'll accept your Royal difference of opinion on that (Regina )... I am indeed a commoner; I say grass instead of grarse, and bath instead of barth... in fact the only 'ar' sound I use is in the word arse But that's kind of become its own word... though I do wonder if it started out as 'ass' and morphed into 'arse' because of how it was pronounced in some quarters (by posh people such as yourself, Your Highness ).

[Regina]

I do say "arse" too, that's just a general British thing, we all say it

I have deliberately worked on watering down my Birmingham accent though, of course. It's fitting.

[Edwardo Piet]

[...] in fact the only 'ar' sound I use is in the word arse [...]

Have you never done a pirate impression?

[Cyberman]

though I do wonder if it started out as 'ass' and morphed into 'arse' because of how it was pronounced in some quarters (by posh people such as yourself, Your Highness ).

No.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=arse

arse (n.)
"buttocks," Old English ærs "tail, rump," from Proto-Germanic *arsoz (source also of Old Saxon, Old High German, Old Norse ars, Middle Dutch ærs, German Arsch "buttock"), from PIE root *ors- "buttock, backside" (source also of Greek orros "tail, rump, base of the spine," Hittite arrash, Armenian or "buttock," Old Irish err "tail"). Middle English had arse-winning "money obtained by prostitution" (late 14c.).

Love that phrase, arse-winning. Why don't we hear that anymore?

Incidentally, I snipped for clarity the best bit that carried over in pasting: "Look up arse at Dictionary.com"