There's no reason we can't be civilised

[Bishop]

If the secret to survival is a good cup of tea then these are surely essential,
after all there's no reason we can't be civilised...



Found them over on Etsy after accidentally wandering into the Steampunk section.
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/185112740/leather-tea-cup-and-saucer-holster?

 

[crosslandkelly]

Nice bit of leatherwork there.

 

[Mesquite]

Different for sure.

My personal preference would be for a mug though

 

[Squidders]

No tea pot?

 

[Bishop]

Alas no, well yes, sort of... teapots in the steampunk universe are a bit different.

 

[Big G]

You'll be rattling like a bickie tin, walking around with them on ya belt

 

[John Fenna]

As a pedant, I would like to point out that "civilized" means belonging to the city....
I never want to be civilized but like the idea of my brew kit being handy like that!

 

[Squidders]

It doesn't only mean that John... a pedant would know that is just one possible meaning.

 

[John Fenna]

It doesn't only mean that John... a pedant would know that is just one possible meaning.

But a pedant would know that it is the literal and original meaning...

 

[Tiley]

But a pedant would know that it is the literal and original meaning...

The Chambers Dictionary of Etymology offers this:

civilize v. make civil, refine, polish. 1601, apparently borrowed from French 'civiliser'... It is possible that the Old French word was based upon Medieval Latin 'civilizare' - to consider a criminal action as a civil matter.

Then, just above it, the same tome suggests:

civil adj. Before 1387, in Trevisa's translation of Higden's "Polychronicon"; borrowed through Old French 'civil', and directly as a learned borrowing from Latin 'civilis' of or proper to a citizen, relating to private rights, state law, and public life, urbane in manner.

Although coming from 'civis' - citizen, which, in turn derived originally from association with the city, the meaning expanded to cover both state and territory.

Perhaps more intriguing, though totally unrelated, is the word that follows: clabber, meaning thick sour milk, from the Garlic 'clabar', meaning mud.

Gentlemen, I'm sorry: it has been a long day and, sadly for you, I found I had a little time on my hands...

 

[Nohoval_Turrets]

The Chambers Dictionary of Etymology offers this:
Perhaps more intriguing, though totally unrelated, is the word that follows: clabber, meaning thick sour milk, from the Garlic 'clabar', meaning mud.

Must learn to speak Garlic...

The word is 'clábar', pronounced claw-ber.

 

[John Fenna]

The Chambers Dictionary of Etymology offers this:

civilize v. make civil, refine, polish. 1601, apparently borrowed from French 'civiliser'... It is possible that the Old French word was based upon Medieval Latin 'civilizare' - to consider a criminal action as a civil matter.

Then, just above it, the same tome suggests:

civil adj. Before 1387, in Trevisa's translation of Higden's "Polychronicon"; borrowed through Old French 'civil', and directly as a learned borrowing from Latin 'civilis' of or proper to a citizen, relating to private rights, state law, and public life, urbane in manner.

Although coming from 'civis' - citizen, which, in turn derived originally from association with the city, the meaning expanded to cover both state and territory.

Perhaps more intriguing, though totally unrelated, is the word that follows: clabber, meaning thick sour milk, from the Garlic 'clabar', meaning mud.

Gentlemen, I'm sorry: it has been a long day and, sadly for you, I found I had a little time on my hands...

Oh - I love a fellow pedant ... especially one with THE BIG BOOK
Etymology (and entymology) fascinates me - and I am still not civilised (or civilized) no matter which meaning you take

 

[Tiley]

Oh - I love a fellow pedant ... especially one with THE BIG BOOK
Etymology (and entymology) fascinates me - and I am still not civilised (or civilized) no matter which meaning you take

But I bet you find a hundred and one uses for a bucket of clabber!

 

[John Fenna]

But I bet you find a hundred and one uses for a bucket of clabber!

Probably!