Yes. A hot one and a cold one. Unless you've got single handle tap.
Continuing on a watery theme, we're getting eavestroughs replaced soon. I think this isn't the term for these everywhere.
I assume your eavestroughs are what we call gutters.
As for “tap,” that’s one of those words that folks here know what it means but generally don’t use. We do refer to “tap water,” though. But otherwise, the thing the water comes out of is a faucet (particularly inside the house) or a spigot (pronounced “spi-ket,” and particularly used for such a thing on the exterior of a house or building).
Spigot is like above, stuck into a barrel. Into the bung. Which leads to constipation - bunged up.
A gutter is the drainage beside a curb on a road. Gutter is also used to refer to rudeness and rude people. Or someone who's ruined their life. Gutter talk. He's in the gutter. That sort of thing.
A gutter is the drainage beside a curb on a road. Gutter is also used to refer to rudeness and rude people. Or someone who's ruined their life. Gutter talk. He's in the gutter. That sort of thing.
Gutter is also used here to mean the drainage along a curb, and related to that, we speak of “gutter talk,” meaning vulgarity. It’s not used to mean rudeness, and definitely isn’t used here to mean a person in any way.
Spigot is like above, stuck into a barrel. Into the bung. Which leads to constipation - bunged up.
In the case of wooden beer barrels the spigot is usually placed in one of the flat ends, while the bunghole is bored into the widest part of the curved barrel sides, for ease of draining/cleaning. The barrels are propped on their sides, as seen here.
Now, we could get into a spelling war over that. Perhaps it's because we talk about some things and hardly ever see them in print, but for some reason I had it in my head that the rone is the gutter and the rone pipe is the down pipe. (However, I am sure we can all agree that the Rhone valley is a good source of cheap red wine).
Somewhat related, I once mentioned to an architect (this is in Canada) that the sarking boards on our roof would need some work, and he was baffled. Then, "You mean the decking", he said.
Water from a pitched roof flows down into a valley gutter, a parapet gutter or an eaves gutter. An eaves gutter is also known as an eavestrough (especially in Canada), rhone (Scotland), eaves-shoot (Ireland) eaves channel, dripster, guttering, rainspouting or simply as a gutter. The word gutter derives from Latin gutta (noun), meaning "a droplet".
There is such a thing, or was, as a guttersnipe, cognate with raggamuffin, urchin, or other word for child found in the street and possibly associated with Fagin. Somehow, the first word seems to associate itself in my mind, more than the others, with dripping nose and wiping snot on the sleeve, possibly because of the association with drip.
"Out of the rain and into the gutter" is like "out of the pot and into the fire". Particularly because the vision of the gutter is full of dirt and whatever else might be draining at roadside.
Could well be spelled rone (though spell check wants to auto correct it to Rome) As you say @Stercus Tauri I haven’t seen it written. @Gee D it might be a Scottish usage, as that is where I am.
Could well be spelled rone (though spell check wants to auto correct it to Rome) As you say @Stercus Tauri I haven’t seen it written. @Gee D it might be a Scottish usage, as that is where I am.
Thanks, I'd never heard of it. The colour for horses, yes, but not in this usage.
To me, 'gutter' means both the trough that runs along below the eaves, and the drainage trough at the side of a road. The gutter below the eaves carries the water to a downpipe that takes it to a ground level drain. I've not encountered 'rhone' before. I think that may be specifically Scots.
'Rhyne', by the way, for those that haven't met it before, is pronounced 'rheen' round where I am. It doesn't rhyme with Rhine.
'Decking' here means a flat surface of wood outside ones house that one puts garden tables, chairs, parasols etc on, i.e. a patio with a wooden floor rather than tiles, paving stones etc.
'Sarking board' is a new one on me. I'm not sure I can even guess what it means. Looking it up implies it could mean roofing felt. Alternatively does it mean what I'd normally call 'barge boards' which run up the outside edges of the gable end of a roof to protect the eaves from the weather.
Deck, not decking for this Canadian. More often now made out of composite: recycled plastic combined with wood fibres.
I looked up "sarking board". Here on top of roof trusses (generally they are very large pre-made triangles that form the roof of a house), sheathing is put. Sheathing is OSB (oriented strand board, 4'x8' or 4'x12'), meaning that wood bits were combined in layers with glues. But different than chip board which isn't in layers. OSB doesn't need roofing felt. It's already treated and better than older ways. The rules are pretty strict, the wood components have to be certified for what they're being used for.
Sarking, whether board or other materials is a layer immediately underneath the tiles or slates etc. in a roof construction. It is not usually visible outside the finished roof.
Sarking, whether board or other materials is a layer immediately underneath the tiles or slates etc. in a roof construction. It is not usually visible outside the finished roof.
That is exactly my understanding of it - as in solid boards - but it was unknown to my architect friend.
It's got words "day is done, gone the sun, from the lakes, from the hills, from the sky, all is well, safely rest, god is neigh (or "nice").
Never heard it as a bugle thing until much later. We sang this at bedtime when I was young, later at summer camp, and later still when I worked at camps. Also sang it to my children. It's a nice little song for after prayers and tucking in.
One of the suggested origins for taps that Wikipedia gives is a
Dutch custom, called taptoe, from which comes the term tattoo as in Military tattoo. The taptoe was also used to signal the end of the day, but originated from a signal that beer taps had to be shut, hence that the day had ended. It comes from the Dutch phrase Doe den tap toe, meaning "Close the tap".
We sing that Canadian version of taps in the GirlGuide unit I volunteer at, with actions (and seas not lakes and nigh not neigh). Well, currently we mime it on Zoom.
Taps is recognised in that military sense here too, and in GirlGuiding there is a standard UK version more usually sung, while saluting, at night on camp or at the end of a session. It has a different tune too.
One of the suggested origins for taps that Wikipedia gives is a
Dutch custom, called taptoe, from which comes the term tattoo as in Military tattoo. The taptoe was also used to signal the end of the day, but originated from a signal that beer taps had to be shut, hence that the day had ended. It comes from the Dutch phrase Doe den tap toe, meaning "Close the tap".
One of the suggested origins for taps that Wikipedia gives is a
Dutch custom, called taptoe, from which comes the term tattoo as in Military tattoo. The taptoe was also used to signal the end of the day, but originated from a signal that beer taps had to be shut, hence that the day had ended. It comes from the Dutch phrase Doe den tap toe, meaning "Close the tap".
That sounds verrrrry urban legend.
Very much so indeed.
The true origin of the term is that calling it taps meant that the day's business was over, and that it was now time to go home, have a shower and freshen up for dinner. Having a shower involved turning on the shower taps.
According to this site (link to History.com) originally the lights out signal was a drum beat, replaced by the bugle. The drum beats were called taps, so the bugle call continued to be.
According to this site (link to History.com) originally the lights out signal was a drum beat, replaced by the bugle. The drum beats were called taps, so the bugle call continued to be.
One of the suggested origins for taps that Wikipedia gives is a
Dutch custom, called taptoe, from which comes the term tattoo as in Military tattoo. The taptoe was also used to signal the end of the day, but originated from a signal that beer taps had to be shut, hence that the day had ended. It comes from the Dutch phrase Doe den tap toe, meaning "Close the tap".
The bugle tune dates back at least to the American Civil War, and was formally recognized by the US Military in the 1870s. “Day is Done” is one of several lyrics written for Taps later on.
One of the suggested origins for taps that Wikipedia gives is a
Dutch custom, called taptoe, from which comes the term tattoo as in Military tattoo. The taptoe was also used to signal the end of the day, but originated from a signal that beer taps had to be shut, hence that the day had ended. It comes from the Dutch phrase Doe den tap toe, meaning "Close the tap".
But it does have George Washington refer to that final call, now known as ‘taps’ and calling it ‘taptoo’, which coheres with the idea that it comes from the C17th Dutch/Flemish phrase doe den tap toe ("turn off the tap"). And see these two Wiki articles: Taps; tattoo
It does sound like an urban legend. But in this case I'm inclined to believe it. The Dutch word "taptoe" (pronounced "tap too") does mean tattoo in the military sense, both the grand military parade and the signal at the end of the day. Reputable Dutch etymological sources all agree on the origin being in beer taps being closed, and I don't think it's a stretch to imagine how this would become "taps" in parts of the English speaking world.
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Despite the usual assumption, mixer taps are becoming the norm now.
As for “tap,” that’s one of those words that folks here know what it means but generally don’t use. We do refer to “tap water,” though. But otherwise, the thing the water comes out of is a faucet (particularly inside the house) or a spigot (pronounced “spi-ket,” and particularly used for such a thing on the exterior of a house or building).
As do we - gutters or guttering.
A gutter is the drainage beside a curb on a road. Gutter is also used to refer to rudeness and rude people. Or someone who's ruined their life. Gutter talk. He's in the gutter. That sort of thing.
Very necessarily so (the term, that is, not the press it describes)!
Drains at the side of roads etc are gutters here.
In the case of wooden beer barrels the spigot is usually placed in one of the flat ends, while the bunghole is bored into the widest part of the curved barrel sides, for ease of draining/cleaning. The barrels are propped on their sides, as seen here.
Somewhat related, I once mentioned to an architect (this is in Canada) that the sarking boards on our roof would need some work, and he was baffled. Then, "You mean the decking", he said.
"Out of the rain and into the gutter" is like "out of the pot and into the fire". Particularly because the vision of the gutter is full of dirt and whatever else might be draining at roadside.
Thanks, I'd never heard of it. The colour for horses, yes, but not in this usage.
'Rhyne', by the way, for those that haven't met it before, is pronounced 'rheen' round where I am. It doesn't rhyme with Rhine.
'Decking' here means a flat surface of wood outside ones house that one puts garden tables, chairs, parasols etc on, i.e. a patio with a wooden floor rather than tiles, paving stones etc.
'Sarking board' is a new one on me. I'm not sure I can even guess what it means. Looking it up implies it could mean roofing felt. Alternatively does it mean what I'd normally call 'barge boards' which run up the outside edges of the gable end of a roof to protect the eaves from the weather.
I looked up "sarking board". Here on top of roof trusses (generally they are very large pre-made triangles that form the roof of a house), sheathing is put. Sheathing is OSB (oriented strand board, 4'x8' or 4'x12'), meaning that wood bits were combined in layers with glues. But different than chip board which isn't in layers. OSB doesn't need roofing felt. It's already treated and better than older ways. The rules are pretty strict, the wood components have to be certified for what they're being used for.
Here, a "deck" would be something that you had made out of "decking".
That is exactly my understanding of it - as in solid boards - but it was unknown to my architect friend.
We make them out of deck boards.
Something all fancy, including a well dressed person, or something with all the options is "all decked out".
'Give my roan horse a drench.' Shakespeare, Henry IV Part I. Prince Hal, parodying Harry Hotspur.
Oh no, we dressed quite casual".
Never heard it as a bugle thing until much later. We sang this at bedtime when I was young, later at summer camp, and later still when I worked at camps. Also sang it to my children. It's a nice little song for after prayers and tucking in.
Neigh or nigh?
Taps is recognised in that military sense here too, and in GirlGuiding there is a standard UK version more usually sung, while saluting, at night on camp or at the end of a session. It has a different tune too.
That sounds verrrrry urban legend.
Wherever the floor is
And start doing horas
And taps
I tried tap dancing, but I kept falling in the bath.
Very much so indeed.
The true origin of the term is that calling it taps meant that the day's business was over, and that it was now time to go home, have a shower and freshen up for dinner. Having a shower involved turning on the shower taps.
The traditional Guide taps with actions (YouTube link).
The quotation should have read to orders by George Washington that
That says nothing about beer.