Im Officially Ancient!

[Georgiesmum]

The other day we were talking about words that arent used anymore, two
examples given were marmalade and fortnight.
Well i was made to feel very ancient today, i was manning a table top sale and on it were five pottery thimbles. A lady saw them and said oh they are nice. I said oh, the thimbles? She looked at me very puzzled and said what are thimbles? She was a lady of about 30.

[stokemaveric]

she doesnt know what thimbles are georgiesmum????? i wonder what she calls them????

[agchristie]

It must have needled you a bit?

[Georgiesmum]

I dont think its so much that she calls them something different stoke, i think she doesnt do any sewing/mending and nor do her parents/grand parents.

[Georgiesmum]

I expected her to know what they were, even if she doesnt use one herself.

[stokemaveric]

well im a born and bred ''potter'' georgiesmum where thimbles are produced in their millions,id say years ago they were meant to do a job for people involved in the sewing trade,but i think thimbles are now more of collectors items...well each to their own i guess lol

[Mamyalynne]

How odd! Even my Grand tiddlers know what thimbles are.


We once booked a cottage , my husband( he was a big lad, behave!) and me - called Thimble Cottage, by heck it lived up to its name, if you laughed your cheeks touched the sides.

[stokemaveric]

lol mamyalynne reading your post made me smile,i guess it was a small place then???

[Canary42]

What are the modern versions of marmalade and fortnight then ?

In my social circles they are still very common words.

[Mamyalynne]

It was tiny Stoke, like being in a dolls house.

[Peter Pedant]

weird even I know what a thimble is ( and use one for my sensitive fingers )

[lady-janine]

I've even got a couple of tailors thimbles. I think she was just a bit dim.

[kvalidir]

I'm 16 and if I want to stop the needle sticking in my thumb I use a thimble, spread marmalade on my toast and occasionally go away on holiday for a fortnight. I'm at a slight loss as to what other words you could possibly use in mots cases. I don't think it's an 'age' thing Georgiemum I think it's more a 'daft' thing.

[Georgiesmum]

Yes, we discussed the fortnight and marmalade thing on here recently. The idea was that most people say two weeks now rather than a fortnight.., and the younger generation dont eat marmalade so much now anyway.