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"Min søster prøver at spise to bordskånere."
Translation:My sister is trying to eat two trivets.
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What I find funny about 'trivet' is that nobody has heard the word before, but we all recognise the object. So what do we call them? I can't think of a specific word (except trivet, which is new to me), but I must have been referring to them by something all this time. Do we just say, 'can you pass me that thing to put under the pot'?
I had to think about, but I would have called them metal coasters. One of those things you never realize you don't really have a specific name for, like the plastic tips on shoelaces. Never heard trivet before
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Funny thing, in french we call it "dessous de table" (table's bottom / bellow the table?) when in fact it's used to put ON the table, not under it.. it should be called "below the pot" instead lol)
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Me and my husband use English to be able to talk to and understand each other, and i've noticed that what we call it is really "that thing to put under the pot". Good that i've learnt the danish word for it, i'm sure he wouldn't understand if i just called it 'trivet'.
I'd never heard the word either and I'm a native speaker. I believe I have one however, just didn't know it had a name. Here are a couple of pictures for anyone who doesn't know what one is (which is evidently practically everybody:) http://www.leroymerlin.es/img/r25/51/5106/510606/12047952/12047952_z1.jpg Ours look more like this, but are better kept: http://www.laurelleaffarm.com/item-photos/antique-rusty-iron-trivets-primitive-vintage-round-trivet-collection-Laurel-Leaf-Farm-item-no-u62337t.jpg
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The second is what I know as a trivet. The first looks like it is made to hold something like a fondue pot over a warmer.
I didn't know what the hell a trivet was! Glad I'm studying Danish to learn what a thingy to put under pots is called! Bad enough not to know what a trivet is; totally weird that that a little girl ( one must assume ) tries to eat them!
bordskåner*, but yes, it's the same thing. I said the same thing, and I got it wrong, I don't know why
To me a coaster is just the thing you put under glasses not pots - on the other hand I don't know the translation for coaster in Danish. I was looking up coasters to buy some last week and just googled "coasters" and that worked fine, so in my house we say coasters about the things under glasses and bordskånere about the things under pots :)
Or especially oblivious. My family growing up long had a cork trivet with one small bite neatly taken out of it. Story is that at a certain age, I had a tendency to check whether anything was edible....
My Adirondack side of the family always called them "trivets", and we had lots of them as they are perfect for setting hot casseroles on.
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My family and my husband's family came from all over the country and we all use the word "trivet". It never occurred to me that someone wouldn't know what it was.
A coaster is normally something smaller and thinner ehich eould be out under a cup, mug or glass and could be for preventing water rings in a wooden surface, so could be made out of paper, cork etc. A trivet is usually larger and thicker and is for hot objects, so could be made out of wood, cork, tiles etc
It seems I've learned a new word in English as well as Danish :) (I've never even seen a "trivet" before, but we used to use something similar in chemistry :P)
- 1907
It's more than a coaster. A trivet is used to protect a surface from a hot dish. I was very surprised to find that most people here don't know the word "trivet". It's the only word I've ever known for the thing.
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The Dutch translation of the word trivet was vuurbok and I've never heard that word before either. But I have them in my kitchen. I just call them differently.
I tried to analyse the word "bordskåner" and came up with "someone from Skåne sitting on a table".
A place mat, frequently made of cotton or other fabric, is put on the table under the plate and cutlery.
A coaster, made of leather, cork or else, is placed under a glass or bottle.
A trivet is an iron tripod set up for cooking - usually outdoors.
None of the above is edible.
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a new word for me, trivet. I call it a 'mat' or pot coaster, because a coaster is something you put under a glass or cup.
I don't know why you're bring downvoted because you're correct. A coaster is something used under a vessel to protect the surface it's being placed on. It can be, and absolutely IS, called that by many people.
