What do you leave a tea pot to do, in your culture?

[sleaterkinney]

'settle' I think (Ireland)

 

[Orang Utan]

I have a bath

 

[ethel]

One runs a bath and brews tea, unless one is a commoner or a foreigner, in which case one can do as one wishes since one will never mix in the same circles as the people who matter

pffftttt....racist!

 

[danny la rouge]

pffftttt....racist!

Yeah, makes you think the Crusades aren't a thing of the past, eh?

 

[N_igma]

It's brew ya mad bastards!

 

[quimcunx]

I think back in the old country mater et pater leave their tea to steep.

 

[danny la rouge]

mater et pater

Don't troll my thread, you fecker!

 

[Sasaferrato]

Mrs Sas lets her tea stew, but paradoxically cannot abide ' stewed ' tea.

 

[gentlegreen]

I have a bath

Me too ... probably due to living alone I never have to verbalise the practicalities - apart from reminding myself to switch the immersion on a few hours in advance ...

 

[danny la rouge]

Mrs Sas lets her tea stew, but paradoxically cannot abide ' stewed ' tea.

Now, stewed tea in my book isn't strong tea (strong tea is the ideal) but tea which has taken on a particular flavour from being left too long.

 

[skunkboy69]

In my culture, tea used to be left to "mask". Now that I have an immigrant wife from Staffs, tea is left to "mash". Slightly different, but easily adjusted to.

Maidmarian leaves her tea to "draw". What do your people say?*

Up here in Newcastleish we say MAST not MASK


*No racist/imperialist/Crusader judgements will be made about your tea phrases, no matter how wrong they are.

Up here in Newcastleish we say MAST not MASK

 

[danny la rouge]

probably due to living alone I never have to verbalise the practicalities

People in my house announce everything. Where they're going. What they'll do when they get there. Even how long it was since they last did it... Except my 12 year old daughter, who apparently took a vow of silence recently.

 

[danny la rouge]

Up here in Newcastleish we say MAST not MASK

Ah, interesting. I wonder if there are other T/K replacements? I'm from West Perthshire...Do you have other dialect words ending in T?

 

[WouldBe]

"Mash a pot of tea" or
"Make a brew"

 

[Sasaferrato]

People in my house announce everything. Where they're going. What they'll do when they get there. Even how long it was since they last did it... Except my 12 year old daughter, who apparently took a vow of silence recently.

Don't worry, She'll start talking again in a year or two.

 

[Sasaferrato]

Now, stewed tea in my book isn't strong tea (strong tea is the ideal) but tea which has taken on a particular flavour from being left too long.

She likes it strong enough to walk on.

 

[danny la rouge]

Don't worry, She'll start talking again in a year or two.

I don't mind. Most of what she says involves me ending up with less money in my pocket anyway.

 

[Crispy]

Brew. Steep if I feel like using esoteric words.

 

[skunkboy69]

Ah, interesting. I wonder if there are other T/K replacements? I'm from West Perthshire...Do you have other dialect words ending in T?

I dunno.Do you say CUNK or.............

 

[danny la rouge]

I dunno.Do you say CUNK or.............

Drat, my Newcastle/West Perthshire Great Consonant Shift theory batted away in a oner.

 

[butchersapron]

Tea = draw
bath = turn it on

 

[danny la rouge]

Tea = draw
bath = turn it on

Turn it on?

Turn the bath on?

Really?

 

[_angel_]

Coz you're only half posh?

We used to draw our baths in front of the living room fire, until I was a teenager! I'm serious; there wasn't any heating the the bathroom.

It wasn't that long ago I lived in a house with no central heating and we still ran our baths in the bathroom.

Because yorkshire people are hardy, obviously.

 

[butchersapron]

Turn it on?

Turn the bath on?

Really?

Yeah, on the taps like.

 

[_angel_]

Tea = draw
bath = turn it on

You're an odd lot down in the south west.

 

[Portia]

Your grammar may be an issue, mind you. "Will you espresso me a coffee?" No, I think not.

my mate inisits that the phrase is "cook a coffee"

it's MAKE a coffee grr

 

[Rollem]

brew, stew or stand

 

[danny la rouge]

You're an odd lot down in the south west.

Do you hear butchers' posts in a Pam Ayres accent? I do. "Toirn the taps orn".

 

[Maidmarian]

Who on earth DRAWS a bath?

Quite !

(You'll have to excuse danny <whispers> Scottish, see.)


One RUNS a bath, obviously.

 

[Maidmarian]

Keeps coal in them?

Kinda brave for a noob intcha ?