Do you wear an apron when you cook dinner? I sometimes do and when I am in England, my mother-in-law has some nice ones and I like to use hers when I try to cook! Did you know that they are not called aprons there, they are "pinnies", short for pinafores! (They would know the word "apron", of course, but I am telling you, Joan says "pinny"!) Funny how, in our same language, we will very often use different words for the exact same thing. (Mobile / cell phone, dust bin/trash can, torch/flashlight, motorway/ expressway, TV/telly....so many we can add to this list!
And according to Wikipedia:
The word apron is from the metanalysis of the term "a napron" to "an apron". The original spelling of napron has been lost (from the Old French naperon; Modern French napperon).
Interesting! That reminds me of adder/nadder...
the adder snake was once called a nadder but then it somehow became adder. (An adder.)
If you would like to see a very beautiful apron, I am going to give you a link to a wonderful blogger...Sue from Mr. Micawber's Recipe for Happiness. Sue is a very talented designer and she has an apron that is featured in this month's issue of "Vintage Crochet". You may read all about it just here! Her idea for the apron came from one of the characters from the Anne books by L. M. Montgomery.
(And I hope you know "Anne of Green Gables"!)
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My friends, I would be thankful if your could pray for rain for us.
Our lack of rain is quite serious in this area, we are in an EXTREME drought. The areas around us have received much more rain than we have! The photo below is of the gorgeous crepe myrtles from several years ago. If you have rain, you are lucky!
How about a song by Adele? I think that would be nice!
I call it a pinny, too many episodes of Last of the Summer Wine where Howard was always wearing his pinny. Didn't know it was short for pinafore though.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, I remember "Last of the Summer Wine" too!
DeleteI know too many British TV shows!
I have many aprons/pinny in my pantry and almost always wear one because I'm such a messy cook! My sister made me a couple really cute ones for Fall and Halloween. I have ones for Christmas too. Love them! We are in a moderate drought and thankfully got some nice rain this weekend. We could use some every day for a week or more! After such a wet, cold Spring this is weird for sure! Hope some rain finds it's way to you!
ReplyDeleteWould you believe it, just after I hit the publish button for this post, Richard called to me that it was raining! We got about an inch of rain yesterday and it was most welcome! I think I will ask for help on my blog more often! xx
DeleteI call it a pinny too, it must be the english background and growing up in New Zealand.
ReplyDeleteFunny though, because it is the same language so why should it have changed so much in the United States?
DeleteEven down to saying A-Z, you must say A-ZED! :-)
And there is the spelling thing - colour vs color, apoligise vs apoligize etc, very confusing LOL
DeleteYes, and even if it is the same word and spelled the same, we can pronounce it differently! I well remember asking for or- REG-ano, when they laughed at me and said, you mean "OR-ee-gano"? HA!
DeleteTo be honest I always use "apron" myself. When talking about them that is. I haven't cooked in one since my cooking class days. I suppose that's another difference. You guys just have "home economics" whereas we split them all into seperate subjects.
ReplyDeleteAh, maybe it is a regional thing then! Yes, we had Home Economics..Home Ec for short! I am not a very good cook but I can make a plate of food look very good, I like color, you see, I am more of an artist!
DeleteI'll gladly send you rain from here. A big thunderstorm and downpour washed out our big BBQ yesterday that we put on for our friends every year. Everyone had to crowd into the house to eat the burgers and dogs!
ReplyDeleteSorry the thunderstorm messed up your BBQ! We had some rain yesterday but we need more. Please, send as much as possible. Thank you!
DeleteIf we could i would send you rain. That apron is beautiful, i can just see Susan wearing it while making "monkey face" cookies.
ReplyDeleteMonkey face cookies! Look at this...
Deletehttp://sweetefelicity.blogspot.com/2014/07/an-anne-of-green-gables-birthday-tea.html
GREAT photos of monkey face cookies on that beautiful post!
I remember when I was a girl in gym class, we would put on 'pinnies' to distinguish between teams.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry about your lack of rain. We've been lucky with rain this summer, but the winter was lacking in snow which hurt our ski/snowboard areas, and the local economies in general.
Hey Nan! I am thinking how did we distinguish between teams when we played basketball? I don't remember wearing pinnies, but maybe we did.
DeleteIt rained as soon as I published this post, so I am thankful. Still, hope we get more! :-)
My grandmother always wore an apron... all day over her dress. When I was in school we made an apron that was easy and functional. You know how you often wipe your hands at your sides instead of in the front or grabbing a towel? This apron covered the sides so that you could wipe to your heart's content.
ReplyDeleteMy grandmother also wore an apron and very often, she even wore a bonnet, which she made herself. I think that an apron is a good idea, practical and pretty. :-)
Delete'Pinny?' That's something women wear in kitchens.
ReplyDeleteNow, now, Ad-man, there you go again, PRETENDING to be sexist! HA!
DeleteI've always said pinny too but I'll have picked that up from my Mum and Nanna. I'd never have said it was short for pinafore though at that's something completely different - it's what we used to wear at school in first year just so everyone knew we were new! Would love to send you some of our rain - take it, please!!! X
ReplyDeletePS Forgot to say that we really enjoyed the new Star Trek film. Not saying it's the most original story but you get exactly what you'd hope for in that kind of film :)
DeleteYes, please do send that rain, I will take it!
DeleteAnd I am glad you enjoyed the Star Trek film, thank you for telling me! LIVE LONG AND PROSPER, my friend! xx
Do you know "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13 3/4"? It's a classic English book, and Adrian gives his mother an apron for Christmas - he calls it an apron, not a pinny. Maybe it differs from one region to the other; my mother-in-law would say "pinny", not apron.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear you are having a drought. No sign of that here!
Yes! I most certainly do know "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole"! I read it when it was first published in England in 1985, I think it was! And Richard has all the books up to the last one, "Adrian Mole, The Prostate Years"! (He has read them all several times!)
DeleteThey are so funny!
Send us your rain, we will take it!
I do have a couple of aprons I wear, but only when making something really messy.
ReplyDeleteIt rained on me most of the way from from Florida yesterday - it was good to see.
I am the same way, I only use an apron when I am making something really messy!
DeleteOh, I know we need the rain but it isn't always easy to drive in it, glad you made it home safely!
Apron or pinny, I love that bird design! So funny how we have different words for the same things, not just country to country, but even between generations, I am finding more and more these days :)
ReplyDeleteYes, I had a choice of aprons (pinnies) but I chose that one with the British birds on it! And I know how my Dad has different words and expressions for things and sometimes he will even say, "people don't say this word anymore"! Hey, for example, for my purse, I have always said "pocketbook" but I notice that none of the young women do, so...I now say "purse or handbag"!
DeleteSomehow I got out of the habit of wearing an apron, but I really should wear one. They do help and I love the ones with pockets too.
ReplyDeleteHmm...I have never had one with pockets. Next time I am in England, I am going to get myself a pinny with some pockets! :-)
DeleteI am devoted to my bright-blue Williams-Sonoma apron. It's a gift that has lasted me through many years and many meals. I'm such a messy cook (and also have a slightly generous balcony - there's another British term for you!) that I must have clothing protection or I'd ruin all my shirts.
ReplyDeleteWhen I used to babysit, one of "my" little boys loved to draw pictures of us, and in most of them I'm wearing an apron. Guess I must have had one on all the time back then!
Thanks for the shout-out Kay! :)
P.S. Am praying for rain for you.
A generous balcony, I love that expression, so like the British, don't you think? Your apron sounds great and what a nice gift!
DeleteAnd I did very much love your apron and the link that you had to the antique patterns also, thank you!
And can you believe it, just the second that I published this post, it began to rain!
Next time I need rain, I am putting Adele on my blog! :-)
I call it apron, but don't use one often. I love Adele,anything she sings is great!
ReplyDeleteI am not a very good good or baker. Maybe if I were, I would wear an apron more often!
DeleteAnd I love Adele too, she is fabulous! Did you see my post where she disguised herself and went to hear singers trying to imitate her? She was great!
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Yep, I wear an apron when I cook. I'm a messy cook. I bought some cute fabric a few months ago to make one and of course, I haven't gotten around to it yet. Prayers for rain!
ReplyDeleteHey Laurie! I bet you are a great cook and baker AND you can make your own apron, you've got it going on, girl!
DeleteWe got a bit of rain yesterday too, after some rain on Sunday, wish I had asked for rain on my post earlier in the summer! :-)
Librarian is right; some of us say 'apron' - I'm wearing a rather fetching one now, actually. I think it's an age thing - whether or not we say 'pinny' or 'apron', I mean :-)
ReplyDeleteSue had her apron featured in that crochet magazine so I thought I would link it to a post of myself with my mother-in-law, the only photo of myself wearing an apron! (My son took that photo, so that makes it special to me, his picture of his grandmother and mother together!) I will say "pinny" when I am in England! :-)
DeleteWhen I'm cooking anything 'serious' I use an apron. I think pinny is a term a female may sometimes use but not if she were a chef.
ReplyDeleteDid you know that 'trash' was the original English term and that it is the English who have altered?
I much prefer cell-phone to mobile phone. All my phones are mobile but only my cell-phone is linked to a cell.
Hey, my mother-in-law might not be a chef but she is a very good cook! I am thinking of her chicken roast dinner and the lamb with mint sauce that she makes, oh,so good!
DeleteTrash is really the original English? Interesting! You must admit there really are lots of words that we Americans use that the Brits don't!