Three bits of trivia
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382107)
Rockingham, Australia
March 14, 2022 7:32am CST
Did you know ‘incorrectly’ is spelt incorrectly in every dictionary and thesaurus? (That’s a joke.) 
Lancelot is not a common name nowadays but in the very olden days, even before my time, they used to use Lance a lot. (That’s another joke.) 
I’m still noticing various idioms that keep popping up in my comments and responses. One I used the other day was ‘a different kettle of fish’ meaning that something ‘is an alternative to what has been previously considered’. The word ‘kettle’ always puzzled me but it’s a long, narrow pan used for steaming a whole fish. We didn’t eat a lot of fish growing up so we never had a kettle of this kind.
The image is from Wikimedia and is in the public domain.
Lancelot is not a common name nowadays but in the very olden days, even before my time, they used to use Lance a lot. (That’s another joke.)
I’m still noticing various idioms that keep popping up in my comments and responses. One I used the other day was ‘a different kettle of fish’ meaning that something ‘is an alternative to what has been previously considered’. The word ‘kettle’ always puzzled me but it’s a long, narrow pan used for steaming a whole fish. We didn’t eat a lot of fish growing up so we never had a kettle of this kind.
The image is from Wikimedia and is in the public domain.22 people like this
22 responses
@JudyEv (382107)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Mar 22
I've never seen one actually used. They were in the kitchens of flash houses in England I think.
@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
14 Mar 22
Thanks for the funnies first thing this morning!
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@snowy22315 (208913)
• United States
14 Mar 22
Hmmm, odd as fish are not usually cooked in a kettle...ha, just one of those weird language things I guess.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
15 Mar 22
yeh, thats like the pot calling the kettle black, huh?
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@DaddyEvil (174441)
• United States
14 Mar 22
Wow! "even before my time" Time was invented that long ago? 
I always heard the word "kettle" used in relation to witches. (I remember mom throwing things at my youngest brother when he asked to borrow her kettle one Halloween. The rest of us did our best to hide our giggles and laughs. 
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I always heard the word "kettle" used in relation to witches. (I remember mom throwing things at my youngest brother when he asked to borrow her kettle one Halloween. The rest of us did our best to hide our giggles and laughs. )2 people like this
@DaddyEvil (174441)
• United States
16 Mar 22
@JudyEv Hmm... maybe. We might be talking about different types of "kettle", too.
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@JudyEv (382107)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Mar 22
@DaddyEvil Yes, it does but I have the conception that a cauldron is much bigger and doesn't have a spout, not like a kettle spout anyway.
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@Marilynda1225 (91086)
• United States
14 Mar 22
I remember hearing "that's a fine kettle of fish" but never associated it with a steaming pan for fish.
Nice to laugh first thing in the morning 2 people like this
@Marilynda1225 (91086)
• United States
15 Mar 22
@JudyEv You're so right. I love to laugh
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@LindaOHio (222302)
• United States
14 Mar 22
I'm groaning from the jokes. lol We use "a different kettle of fish" here in the US. Have a good week.
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@BarBaraPrz (51819)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
14 Mar 22
This is what I think of when I hear the word kettle:
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
14 Mar 22
Ill just call you Jovial Judy today
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
19 Mar 22
@JudyEv Thats grand Judy I love all you write
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@wolfgirl569 (135744)
• Marion, Ohio
15 Mar 22
@JudyEv It is a fun one to get people with.
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@JudyEv (382107)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Mar 22
@Fleura I thought 'couldn't stop a pig in a poke' was about someone not being able to stop a pig in a passageway or alley, sometimes said about bandy-legged people. but most of the research agrees with what you say. I hadn't heard that version before. Anyway, it's all good. No need for me to learn anything else new today! 
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@58lordstreet (1668)
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15 Mar 22
Im guessing it came before we had kettles to boil water
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@JudyEv (382107)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Mar 22
Probably both types have been around for much the same time.
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
15 Mar 22
They have a lot of them in The Wizard of Oz movie too. Like horse of a different color, etc.
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@kaylachan (84784)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Mar 22
Yeah, I can agree with you on that. How life just works like that. We use the strangest phrases in our lives to mean different kinds of things.
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@JudyEv (382107)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Mar 22
And we certainly have some strange phrases, don't we?
@JudyEv (382107)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Mar 22
I guess they are just two different types of kettle.
