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On 2004-11-04 09:04, FEandGoingBroke wrote:
Fender Skirts ---days gone by
Like "curb feelers" and "steering knobs." Since I'd been thinking of cars, my mind naturally went that direction first. Any kids will probably have to find some elderly person over 50 to explain some of these terms to you.
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Now you get picked on for having curb feelers. But have seen a few of late.
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When did we quit calling them "emergency brakes?" At some point "parking brake" became the proper term. But I miss the hint of drama that went with "emergency brake."
`I'm sad, too, that almost all the old folks are gone who would call the accelerator the "foot feed."
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I still call it an emergency brake.[img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_tup.gif[/img] At one point in the ownership of the Shotrod, it was my only brake.[img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
My dad still calls it a foot feed and I did when I was still living around home. Had forgotten all about that one.
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On a smaller scale, "wall-to-wall" was once a magical term in our homes. In the '50s, everyone covered their hardwood floors with, wow, wall-to-wall carpeting! Today, everyone replaces their wall-to-wall carpeting with hardwood floors. Go figure.
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I've always hated carpet, but it was ok in a van.[img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]
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Most of these words go back to the '50s, but here's a pure-'60s word I came across the other day - "rat fink." Ooh, what a nasty put-down!
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I remember my mom calling us kids ratfinks![img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif[/img]
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Here's a word I miss - "percolator." That was just a fun word to say. And what was it replaced with? "Coffeemaker." How dull. Mr.Coffee, I blame you for this.
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It was a percolator to me until I was in my teens, at least on camping trips when we used the old metal coffee pot with the glass 'bulb' on top to make coffee.
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The one that grieves me most - "supper." Now everybody says "dinner".
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I've thought of that one also. When talking to my family they still call it "supper" and Don does now and then. It just kind of fades away. Like "pop", "coke" and "soda". Everywhere I've been almost, mostly every where but the upper mid states, people call it "soda". Back home in Oregon it is pop, at least in my family. I remember telling my mom "I wanna pop!" And my mom replying "come over here and I'll pop ya one!".[img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif[/img] A metal or plastic spatula used to be a pancake turner to me. A spatula you use to scrape the last of the mayo out of a jar or the last of the cake batter into a cake pan which i think these days is called a baking dish.
The english language and it's terms sure gets confusing if you try to think about it!
Deb
