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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yourturntoloveit, post: 344997, member: 57&quot;]Hmmmm, I think that generally we on this website are sensitive to the fact that quite a few people on this forum are from (or originally from) countries other than the USA.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps we can be as &quot;sensitive&quot; to the fact that the USA is a large country with its own diverse population.&nbsp; Various items are known by various names in all of the various regions of the USA.&nbsp; (Thank goodness I have now gotten &quot;various&quot; out of my system. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" />) </p><p><br /></p><p>I know that on occasion I will &quot;think&quot; of something which was in my grandmother and grandfather&#039;s house (some of which items I am pleased to say I inherited from Grandma and Grandpa).&nbsp; I still refer to those items using the terminology I grew up hearing my grandparents use.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had only one set of grandparents still living when I was born.&nbsp; My grandfather was born in 1875 and my grandmother was born in 1882.&nbsp; They were married and set up housekeeping in 1904 and I remember and have photographs of the &quot;celebration&quot; of their 50th wedding anniversary.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then again, I may be (and probably am) in some young whippersnapper&#039;s estimation on the &quot;antique side of life&quot; myself. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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