Memory and Words

[dewline]

Yesterday, I needed to be reminded that "eavestrough" is a word and what it's used for.

Comments

[julian]

Well, if it matters, I didn't know it was a word at all?

So I learned something today! Yay!

(I suspect my family just calls them gutters even when they're not, technically.)

[extraarcha]

Actually, they are gutters. That's the generic term for the job they are used for. "Trough" is another generic. Water trough/gutter installed on an eave. I've installed a bunch of them. What they're called varies on which area of the country you're in. One of the fun things of dialect. (A hobby of mine.)

[flemmings]

I'm discombobulated to have reached an age when a familiar unquestioned word suddenly resolves itself into its component parts and I think 'that can't be right.' Like hydrofoil-- wait, that's a boat? Not aluminum wrap?

[sabotabby]

Yeah I gotta get mine cleaned.

[dewline]

I hope you're satisfied with the results once that's done.

[warriorsavant]

I believe that if you have a herd of eaves, that's where you put out water for them.

[elainegrey]

I have never heard that term! I love it!

(Compassion for the memory wobble)

[dewline]

Surprised to see people who've never heard the term!