Attention Mr. TV Decorator Guy with the weird hair:

[Ellie]

1. By definition, a *comfortor* just covers the top and side of a mattress. When you want something that comes all the way to the floor so you don't need a dust ruffle, you use a *bedspread.* You don't "make the comfortor extra long."

2. It's a cornice. It isn't a "cornice box." (I'll bet you say "tuna fish," too, as if there's some other creature other than a fish which is also called "tuna," like "tuna dog," or "tuna pig.")

3. You put a candle in a *candlestick,* not a candle "holder." And you don't put a *candlestick* on a *candle holder.*

That is all.

[Happy]

Got an opinion, do you? :p

For what it's worth, I totally agree.

[Mamagistra]

LOL!

[shell in SC]

BTW. . .who would want a comforter that long anyway. . .it would be so heavy that it couldn't be comfortable.

[Mom2GirlsTX]

that right! you tell em! :):):):):

[sdWTMer]

That's too funny! I'll have to give you some rep points for that one! :)

[Tammyla]

Here again, I have no idea who "it" is. :confused: I guess channel surfing for the decorator guy with the weird hair is always an option. However, he doesn't sound all that bright, and I'm short on time.:D

[Pam "SFSOM" in TN]

What are you saying? Next you'll be telling me that "hot water heater" is redundant. ;)

[Ellie]

Here again, I have no idea who "it" is. :confused: I guess channel surfing for the decorator guy with the weird hair is always an option. However, he doesn't sound all that bright, and I'm short on time.:D

It's Lee Snyders (sp??) on Design on a Dime, which is on HGTV. His designs aren't bad, but his banter is sometimes just annoying.

I wanted to add that today was a repeat of a "lanai" he designed...a "real" lanai, says he, because there are doors from the living/family room *and* the bedroom onto it. I could've sworn that a "real" lanai would be what you'd find in Hawaii. Of course, I am not a Professional Designer, so what do I know?? :rolleyes:

[Ellie]

What are you saying? Next you'll be telling me that "hot water heater" is redundant. ;)

Yes, I'm afraid it is. Sorry.:D

[readwithem]

That's too funny! I'll have to give you some rep points for that one! :)


me too! :)

[Night Elf]

Now see, I must have grown up in the same place as Mr. TV Decorator Guy with the weird hair. :)

1. I learned a comforter was a large, fluffy blanket thingee that has light stuffing between 2 sides. A bedspread is just one piece of material with no stuffing. The bedspread is also decorative so that it is designed to lay atop the bed. A blanket is also one piece but isn't decorative so it's put under the comforter or bedspread for extra warmth.

2a. No clue on this one. I had never heard this term until I started watching decorating shows. My family has only had shades, blinds, curtains or drapes.

2b. I use the word fish after tuna. I can't imagine saying just tuna sandwich. It's like saying a roast sandwich, instead of roast beef. :)

3. A candlestick is a very tall, skinny candle. The thing it is stuck into is a candle holder. Candles that are not tall and skinny are just candles.

[RhondaM.]

Now see, I must have grown up in the same place as Mr. TV Decorator Guy with the weird hair. :)

1. I learned a comforter was a large, fluffy blanket thingee that has light stuffing between 2 sides. A bedspread is just one piece of material with no stuffing. The bedspread is also decorative so that it is designed to lay atop the bed. A blanket is also one piece but isn't decorative so it's put under the comforter or bedspread for extra warmth.

2a. No clue on this one. I had never heard this term until I started watching decorating shows. My family has only had shades, blinds, curtains or drapes.

2b. I use the word fish after tuna. I can't imagine saying just tuna sandwich. It's like saying a roast sandwich, instead of roast beef. :)

3. A candlestick is a very tall, skinny candle. The thing it is stuck into is a candle holder. Candles that are not tall and skinny are just candles.

I grew up where you did. :D

[KristineIN]

What about an ATM Machine? People say that one all the time. So it's an Automatic Teller Machine Machine.

Kristine

[Jenn in Mo]

Now see, I must have grown up in the same place as Mr. TV Decorator Guy with the weird hair. :)

1. I learned a comforter was a large, fluffy blanket thingee that has light stuffing between 2 sides. A bedspread is just one piece of material with no stuffing. The bedspread is also decorative so that it is designed to lay atop the bed. A blanket is also one piece but isn't decorative so it's put under the comforter or bedspread for extra warmth.

2a. No clue on this one. I had never heard this term until I started watching decorating shows. My family has only had shades, blinds, curtains or drapes.

2b. I use the word fish after tuna. I can't imagine saying just tuna sandwich. It's like saying a roast sandwich, instead of roast beef. :)

3. A candlestick is a very tall, skinny candle. The thing it is stuck into is a candle holder. Candles that are not tall and skinny are just candles.

Oh, I'm right with you....up until the candle. Tall, skinny candles are called tapers in my neck o' the woods. I'm not sure if they should be called that or not, but taper candles (probably redundant also, but there ya go) fit into candlesticks. The thing Jack jumped over. Although, when I picture Jack jumping, it would never occur to me to picture just the candlestick without a taper. A lit taper.

[Excelsior! Academy]

What are you saying? Next you'll be telling me that "hot water heater" is redundant. ;)

Then how am I supposed to explain it to someone versus when I talk about my cold water heater?:eek:


Hee, hee!

[Excelsior! Academy]

What about an ATM Machine? People say that one all the time. So it's an Automatic Teller Machine Machine.

Kristine

Lol! I say this all the time. I've just never thought about it before.

[j.griff]

Why would you heat HOT water? :-)

[Ellie]

Then how am I supposed to explain it to someone versus when I talk about my cold water heater?:eek:


Hee, hee!

Don't you think it's sufficient to say "water heater"? Obviously, if it's *heating* the water, the water will be hot:D

[Ellie]

What about an ATM Machine? People say that one all the time. So it's an Automatic Teller Machine Machine.

Kristine

And then you use your PIN Number...that would be your Personal Identification Number Number.

[Ellie]

but I learned some new things when I grew up:D

Now see, I must have grown up in the same place as Mr. TV Decorator Guy with the weird hair. :)

1. I learned a comforter was a large, fluffy blanket thingee that has light stuffing between 2 sides. A bedspread is just one piece of material with no stuffing. The bedspread is also decorative so that it is designed to lay atop the bed. A blanket is also one piece but isn't decorative so it's put under the comforter or bedspread for extra warmth.

2a. No clue on this one. I had never heard this term until I started watching decorating shows. My family has only had shades, blinds, curtains or drapes.

2b. I use the word fish after tuna. I can't imagine saying just tuna sandwich. It's like saying a roast sandwich, instead of roast beef. :)

3. A candlestick is a very tall, skinny candle. The thing it is stuck into is a candle holder. Candles that are not tall and skinny are just candles.

There are other things which can be roasted, not just beef--chicken or pork, for example--whereas there's only one critter that is tuna--fish.:)

[Tammyla]

You know, my dd knew who you were talking about. :)I'll watch for the not so linguistic, weird haired decorator.

[Night Elf]

but I learned some new things when I grew up:D

Well, so have I Ellie. These are just not some of them. I don't know anyone who thinks the way you do about those words. I guess I should have kept my comments to myself. Sorry. :(

[Ellie]

Well, so have I Ellie. These are just not some of them. I don't know anyone who thinks the way you do about those words. I guess I should have kept my comments to myself. Sorry. :(


I'm sorry--I didn't mean to sound snarky or anything. Please forgive me (((Night Elf))))

[Michelle T]

Yep, I'm in with Nightelf, although I have heard of a cornice.

Michelle T

[Pam "SFSOM" in TN]

I'm not sure if they should be called that or not, but taper candles (probably redundant also, but there ya go) fit into candlesticks. The thing Jack jumped over. Although, when I picture Jack jumping, it would never occur to me to picture just the candlestick without a taper. A lit taper.

The only reason I know candlestick is from playing Clue. As in Ms. Scarlett, in the Conservatory, with the Candlestick.

[Krista in LA]

What are you saying? Next you'll be telling me that "hot water heater" is redundant. ;)

Not don't even go there. I get so irritated with dh calling it a hot water heater. Aargh.

[Amy in Orlando]

This thread is hysterical. Thank you.

[Ellie]

Was this a commercial? Geeze...I don't like commercials.

It's from several different episodes of Design on a Dime I've seen over the last couple of years. I just had enough of it today, when he talked about the patio being a "true lanai." I had to vent somewhere, lol.

There's another designer, Kristin Somebody, who ocassionally says the same kind of things, but Lee annoys me more:rolleyes:

[Ellie]

This thread is hysterical. Thank you.

You're welcome:D