lazeldes@wlcrjs.UUCP (Leah A Zeldes) (04/04/85)
In article <1860@sdcrdcf.UUCP> barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Lee Gold) writes: > > Hungry? Get out the silverware (probably made of stainless steel). >Department stores have coined the term "flatware" to indicate stainless steel >silverware. (And what on earth do you call a phrase like "stainless >steel silverware"?) These are Americanisms. I noted when I was in England last year that they call eating utensils "cutlery," which here refers almost exclusively to knives. -- Leah A Zeldes ...ihnp4!wlcrjs!lazeldes [Note: Chi-net is about to go off-line for an unknown amount of time. Please send responses by regular mail to 2007 W. Howard, Evanston, IL 60202]