By Sam, worthing west sussex, uk

Re: Do you????
11 May 2008 18:55

Lay or Set......

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By Sam, worthing west sussex, uk

Re: Do you????
11 May 2008 18:55

the table????

I lay the table,

........but have recently heard the exoression set the table.....

By Merrie

Re: Do you????
11 May 2008 19:05

I lay the table too Sam ...
M x

By jam

Re: Do you????
11 May 2008 19:06

Snap, Sam, I was asking myself this just this morning, can't believe it! I speak Spanish most of the time at home so I was trying to remember the English usage. Came to the conclusion that it is "lay" and that there might be confusion with the verb as a result of wider use nowadays of the term "table setting".

xxx Jam

By Anushka

Re: Do you????
11 May 2008 19:07

I set the table. I've heard lay as well, but in my family we use set. Mind you, in Portuguese it's "pôr", which means "place"...

Anushka

By foodie from Luton, Bedfordshire.

Re: Do you????
11 May 2008 20:59

I lay it too sam...foodie.

By Karenskitchen

Re: Do you????
11 May 2008 20:59

I always set the table. I don`t know if its a regional thing.
How do you put washing out? Do you hang out the washing or peg out the washing. Here we say - hang it out!

By SusanM

Re: Do you????
11 May 2008 21:04

I lay the table . --rather Sir does !!oh and hang out the washing susan

By Flour Fairy

Re: Do you????
11 May 2008 21:18

Lay the table, hang out the washing.

When a meal is over I say "shall we sit back". OH thinks this is odd. Is it?

FF :-)

By Saffron Senior

Re: Do you????
11 May 2008 21:34

Set the table in our house - although sometimes if it's a fork only dinner, we set the tray and have it on or should that be off our laps?!!! But that's another story.
Saffy S xxx

By jeni_hope

Re: Do you????
11 May 2008 21:46

I think that I both 'set ' and 'lay' the table at different times. Though, if you think about it, they neither of them make much sense. I 'hang' out the washing and when it's dry I 'bring it in'.

By cake eater

Re: Do you????
11 May 2008 22:44

we set in Australia... Ive never heard anyone here say lay. (except for the egg.)

By *Crumbs

Re: Do you????
12 May 2008 06:56

Mum lays the table, but I set it. I also hang out the washing, load the dishwasher, change the bedding etc........

Maybe it`s time to get someone in to help, just to see what they do???

By carolokay

Re: Do you????
12 May 2008 07:02

I don't do anything ................ pay someone to do it all!! lol
caroxx

By Tabby

Re: Do you????
12 May 2008 09:43

I set the table and peg out the washing.
Tabby x

By Dolly Doodle

Re: Do you????
12 May 2008 16:08

I lay the table, peg out the washing, get it in and strip the bed!

Do you vacuum or hoover? I run the cleaner over (but not literally!).

By Jennifer merseyside

Re: Do you????
12 May 2008 16:23

Lovely husband sets the table in our house for our tea..
We have dinner at lunch time and tea at dinner time..keep up there!!

By French Girlie

Re: Do you????
12 May 2008 16:43

Lay the table ... as far as vacuuming or hoovering ... I know I packed it in a crate when we moved out to France 5 years ago but I haven't seen it since ... or the iron either .... which brings me onto ... EE-THER or EYE-THER ... ?