Eh, what's in a name?

Seabound · 04-03-2009, 05:36 PM

"Conservatory"?

I'm giving anyone and everyone permission to hijack this thread. You will anyway.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 04-03-2009, 05:43 PM

from a dictionary I just made up, ummm, found...

Conservatory (noun) 1. a glass bit stuck on the side of a house to try and either get extra space, or make it look more grand, or both. Or possibly to try and get more for your house when you sell. Most of the time far too cold and inhospitable to actually use, apart from the brief period of hot weather in the summer week, when it becomes too unbearably hot and stuffy. 2. A little known movement to help stop the Conservatives (the more right wing of the two main UK political parties) sliding into obscurity. Name derived from conserve (conserving, conservation), and the old name for the Conservative party - Tory party.

Moejoe · 04-03-2009, 05:46 PM

I think most people in the UK will have this image associated with that word:

Seabound · 04-03-2009, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

from a dictionary I just made up, ummm, found...

Conservatory (noun) 1. a glass bit stuck on the side of a house to try and either get extra space, or make it look more grand, or both. Or possibly to try and get more for your house when you sell. Most of the time far too cold and inhospitable to actually use, apart from the brief period of hot weather in the summer week, when it becomes too unbearably hot and stuffy. 2. A little known movement to help stop the Conservatives (the more right wing of the two main UK political parties) sliding into obscurity. Name derived from conserve (conserving, conservation), and the old name for the Conservative party - Tory party.

Am, I owe you a big debt of gratitude. It makes so much more sense now.

LazyScot · 04-03-2009, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

from a dictionary I just made up, ummm, found...

Conservatory (noun) 1. a glass bit stuck on the side of a house to try and either get extra space, or make it look more grand, or both. Or possibly to try and get more for your house when you sell. Most of the time far too cold and inhospitable to actually use, apart from the brief period of hot weather in the summer week, when it becomes too unbearably hot and stuffy. 2. A little known movement to help stop the Conservatives (the more right wing of the two main UK political parties) sliding into obscurity. Name derived from conserve (conserving, conservation), and the old name for the Conservative party - Tory party.

And there was me thinking it was a swindle that worked actively for the Conservative party....

ShortNCuddlyAm · 04-03-2009, 05:48 PM

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And there was me thinking it was a swindle that worked actively for the Conservative party....

The rest of that page was torn out, so that might have been definition 3.

Sparrow · 04-03-2009, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

from a dictionary I just made up, ummm, found...

Also, a jam factory.

RickyMaveety · 04-03-2009, 05:54 PM

Wasn't it one of the rooms in Clue?? Miss Scarlett with the candlestick in the Conservatory??

Although, in the States, we more often call them greenhouses if they are not attached directly to the house and sun rooms when they are.

Conservatory sounds ever so much more grand.

LazyScot · 04-03-2009, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Sparrow

Also, a jam factory.

Are the mice plotting again, Mrs Badcrumble?

Seabound · 04-03-2009, 05:58 PM

So if I feel like singing or sprouting roots am I in the wrong forum?

ShortNCuddlyAm · 04-03-2009, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

Although, in the States, we more often call them greenhouses if they are not attached directly to the house and sun rooms when they are.

There's a house just along from me that has a large conservatory, two sheds and a small greenhouse. The garden is about 15' wide and 70' long - but now all the buildings are up, there isn't actually much of it left, certainly not enough to suggest they need two sheds and a greenhouse. Especially as the vast majority of what's now left has been paved...

GraceKrispy · 04-03-2009, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

Wasn't it one of the rooms in Clue?? Miss Scarlett with the candlestick in the Conservatory??

Yeah, I was always under the impression that it's a place where you kill the butler or something.

vivaldirules · 04-03-2009, 07:14 PM

I remain truly puzzled at the idea of using this term for a forum room for threads not directly related to ebooks and devices and with limited humor. When you say conservatory I immediately think of schools of music like the Boston Conservatory or Oberlin College. After that I think of the greenhouse-like rooms. I don't at all see how it is an appropriate name for anything at MobileRead. But it doesn't bother me what it's called. Call it Fred, if you like.

Seabound · 04-03-2009, 07:26 PM

How about "banana"?

krisk · 04-03-2009, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

I remain truly puzzled at the idea of using this term for a forum room for threads not directly related to ebooks and devices and with limited humor. When you say conservatory I immediately think of schools of music like the Boston Conservatory or Oberlin College. After that I think of the greenhouse-like rooms. I don't at all see how it is an appropriate name for anything at MobileRead. But it doesn't bother me what it's called. Call it Fred, if you like.

I do say! Let's pop on over to Fred and have a serious discussion on the Futures of Pork Bellies!

04-03-2009, 05:36 PM	#1
Seabound Steerage Class Posts: 711 Karma: 505995 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Pacific Northwest, USA Device: Won't fit here anymore, see sig for a list of liseuses.	Eh, what's in a name? "Conservatory"? I'm giving anyone and everyone permission to hijack this thread. You will anyway.

04-03-2009, 05:43 PM	#2
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	from a dictionary I just made up, ummm, found... Conservatory (noun) 1. a glass bit stuck on the side of a house to try and either get extra space, or make it look more grand, or both. Or possibly to try and get more for your house when you sell. Most of the time far too cold and inhospitable to actually use, apart from the brief period of hot weather in the summer week, when it becomes too unbearably hot and stuffy. 2. A little known movement to help stop the Conservatives (the more right wing of the two main UK political parties) sliding into obscurity. Name derived from conserve (conserving, conservation), and the old name for the Conservative party - Tory party.

04-03-2009, 05:46 PM	#3
Moejoe Banned Posts: 5,100 Karma: 72193 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South of the Border Device: Coffin	I think most people in the UK will have this image associated with that word:

04-03-2009, 05:54 PM	#8
RickyMaveety Holy S**T!!! Posts: 5,213 Karma: 108401 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Diego, California!! Device: Kindle and iPad	Wasn't it one of the rooms in Clue?? Miss Scarlett with the candlestick in the Conservatory?? Although, in the States, we more often call them greenhouses if they are not attached directly to the house and sun rooms when they are. Conservatory sounds ever so much more grand.

04-03-2009, 05:58 PM	#10
Seabound Steerage Class Posts: 711 Karma: 505995 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Pacific Northwest, USA Device: Won't fit here anymore, see sig for a list of liseuses.	So if I feel like singing or sprouting roots am I in the wrong forum?

04-03-2009, 07:14 PM	#13
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	I remain truly puzzled at the idea of using this term for a forum room for threads not directly related to ebooks and devices and with limited humor. When you say conservatory I immediately think of schools of music like the Boston Conservatory or Oberlin College. After that I think of the greenhouse-like rooms. I don't at all see how it is an appropriate name for anything at MobileRead. But it doesn't bother me what it's called. Call it Fred, if you like.

04-03-2009, 07:26 PM	#14
Seabound Steerage Class Posts: 711 Karma: 505995 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Pacific Northwest, USA Device: Won't fit here anymore, see sig for a list of liseuses.	How about "banana"?

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