In the dining room, I would call the eating surface "tines;" I think I
would use "prongs" to describe the functional part of a pitchfork or
carving knife. It might be the WASP in me that makes this distinction,
but my family has been American since the 17th century.
Melissa Smith
On 9/21/12 6:03 AM, John Dunn wrote:
> My wife, who is Scottish, call them tines, but I hadn't heard the word
before moving to Glasgow. According to Chambers Dictionary the word
can also be used with reference to a harrow or a deer's horn.
>
> John Dunn.
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[SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Simon Beattie
[Simon at SIMONBEATTIE.CO.UK]
> Sent: 21 September 2012 11:18
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Russian gender colours & forks
>
> Just an aside, but does no one else call wo "tines", rather than
"prongs"?
> Perhaps it's only British English usage, and limited usage at that.
>
> Simon
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
> [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John Dunn
> Sent: 21 September 2012 09:57
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Russian gender colours & forks
>
> Although Elena Molokhovets in her Подарокъ молодымъ хозяйкамъ [Podarok"
> molodym" xozjajkam"], first published in 1901, has a picture of
carving fork
> with but three prongs.
>
> John Dunn.
> ________________________________________
> From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
> [SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Irina Rodimtseva
[air3 at FRONTIER.COM]
> Sent: 21 September 2012 02:45
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Russian gender colours & forks
>
> I don't know how representative this is, but all pre-revolutionary
forks
> that were still in use in the late 1900s in the families I know had 4
> prongs.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Allan, Kenneth<mailto:kenneth.allan at ULETH.CA>
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU<mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 18:56
> Subject: [SEELANGS] Russian gender colours & forks
>
> I have two questions about Russian domestic culture circa 1880s-1920s.
>
> Was it the norm then to associate the colour pink with the feminine
and blue
> with masculine, as in Western Europe and North America?
>
> Also, did forks in kitchen and dining use commonly have 3 prongs or 4?
>
> Thanks,
> Kenneth Allan
>
> University of Lethbridge
>
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