What is the difference between a vase and a vase

Magnuspetrie: PS, that Foxcroft story is a stitch, I shall always remember what that teacher said with pleasure. Reminds me slightly of the time when I was a boy and attending a country day school in Virginia not that far from Foxcraft, actually where we were forbidden to use anything other than a knife and fork when eating fried chicken, which seemed perplexingly absurd to me at the time, and laughably so today.

Oh my, this brought back memories. When I went to boarding school in Washington, DC, in , I was completely shocked to discover that fried chicken was to be eaten using knife and fork. At home, there were very, very few food items we were allowed to pick up and eat, but fried chicken had always been on the list. I do still say on-velope for the paper product, I just can't help it. I still say on-velope.

The things that cover windows are curtains, and the stuffed thing that more than one person can sit on is a sofa. You wipe your mouth with a napkin. Remember how grumpy it made Father when our accents got polluted by association with locals at the farm? Bewwnsburra for Boonesboro was anathema! DED: I, too, am apt to slide into the accent of others.

When I go to the UK everyone thinks I am from the opposite part of the country. I feel like an idiot when I realize I have done a chameleon shift, but unless I concsiously avoid it I am helpless. I also cannot harmonize while singing. Put me next to a soprano I will attempt to sing high, next to an alto I sing low. Do you find this true as well? Ah, gum. I still cannot chew gum in the presence of another human being. But I no longer eat pizza with a knife and fork Happy Birthday, Little Brother!

You missed most of my MD's early dedication to French- torture of tortures- Please remind me to tell you some of those horrible, life changing scenarios when we visit! Oh no, Reggie. We British can't believe you'd say anything as comic -and common - as vase to rhyme with faze. A vase is a vahz this side of the pond. There are people who call it a vawse but they are off their heads. I think it must be true that we are two nations separated by a common language.

I can only assume the correct pronunciation for anything comes from Georgie in Mapp and Lucia- that is where one born on the wrong side of the Empire goes to for the King's English, No? Dear Reggie, How many times have you heard the word house and the word home confused as one. My mother would always correct the person no matter who used the word incorrectly or when.

Thanks for memories. And to really bare it all, I do still sometimes say to-mah-toe. Usually when I'm either tired, or drunk, or both.

Reggie aspires to perfection, but he so rarely achieves it. And, thank you, Hermione, it was lovely. Reggie, DAHling! Love your blog, how have I not discovered it sooner? Happy to find you, will be following. Oh, I love this. My view is that you can say it either way, as long as that's the way you've always said it: no changing horses midstream. Still, I don't expect people to conform to MY way of doing everything, at least, not when it comes to stuff like pronunciation. No, I prefer to save my corrections for issues that really matter--say, magazines fanned out across a table doctor's-waitng-room style.

But "vase" Every major holiday, my far-flung family used to gather down at my grandmother's house for a few days, and we were always welcome to bring along college pals, girlfriends, anybody with nowhere else to go.

We always had a good time. One year my brother showed up with a brand-new girlfriend, whom none of us had met before. Well, the pretty girl never came back, but the question about the Lalique vaaaahhhzz comes back on a periodic basis, most memorably at the vistation after my grandmother died, when it set off an unseemly fit of giggles among the sadly bereaved--or, at least, among all of us but one.

Per my mother, a lady does not chew gum or smoke in public and definitly doesn't walk with her hands in her pockets, although that may have been to protect very expensive orthodontia Love this post RD. I am the product of the unholy union of a Boston Brahmin father and a genteel southern belle. Suffice it to say my great aunts spent most of our Cape Cod summers smoothing out my budding southern drawl via covert diction lessons.

My mother was not thrilled when I returned to the south after labor day saying things like "No thank you, I have had an elegant sufficiency of your innumerable delicacies but anything more would cause a gastronomical catastrophe Dear Reggie, I adore this post and have read it many times. I am still at loss on how to correctly pronounce foyer. Growing up in the low South with parents fluent in French and relatives whose accents could give Sally Kato a run for her money, I was often confused on the correct pronuciation of many words.

How did MD instruct you to pronounce foyer? Always a greatful reader, R Lord. I tend to say "on-vuh-lope" and "tuh-may-toe" and always rhyme "vase" with "place. I also pronounce "pin" and "pen" identically, which I assume is regional more than familial. Alternate pronunciations of things don't tend to irk me too much, with the possible exception of the Southern pronunciation of "crayon" as something nearing "crown. Please do comment! I welcome and encourage them, and enjoy the dialogue. The View From Darlington House.

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Dining at the Centennial. Polly-Vous Francais? Carolyne Roehm. Part Two: The Whole Story. Half Pudding Half Sauce. Keeping Cool Under the Dome. Photo courtesy of Saltwater Village, Etsy. Viking used foil stickers most of which are long gone , and was known for its brightly colored vases. In addition, Viking introduced the extremely popular Epic Six Petal line that was made from Epic began with 14 pieces in amber, amethyst, charcoal, crystal and olive green. The line soon grew to more than 50 pieces and introduced Bluenique , a sort of cross between cobalt and royal blue.

Fenton was also known for swung vases , and can often be recognized because virtually no Fenton pieces have a pontil mark on the bottom Fenton used snap rings instead of punty rods to hold the glass during manufacture. Most swung vases are still very affordable, as you can imagine.

Some, either with original label attached, or a known brand name, command higher prices. Swung vases and stretch vases easily lend themselves to one or two dramatic floral stems, and can make a bold statement in a minimalist interior, perfectly complement a mid-century design, or serve as a colorful focal point in any Art Deco room. Fenton A-Z. This was very informative. It provided information about swung glass I will use when sourcing items for my shop.

Thank you. Ethol was introduced for the spring market. The swung vase was not part of the original line. It was added after after when swung vases were the new rage. In the thousands of company, jobber, and retail catalogs I have studied, I have never spotted a swung vase earlier than You mention your Ethol vase is not marked with the bee.

The bee mark to which you refer was used by John B. Higbee Glass Company, not Bryce, Higbee. They were not the same factory. Schiffer, Wonderful article!!! I learned so much and there are so many good links. Thank you for sharing! You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email.

Notify me of new posts via email. Email Address:. Click here to follow! Janvier Road: Where old becomes exciting and new. Skip to content. About Janvier Road Subscribe and learn with me! Ordinary thrift shop lamp…or work of art? Is it a stretch vase or a swung vase? Posted on July 20, by sarathurston. Share this: Twitter Facebook. Like this: Like Loading About sarathurston I'm a retired marketing communications writer who also loves antiques and collectibles.